KennyR - What is the "suffering" involved please in notifying operational areas?
The Armed Forces should have a very strong voice in their senior officers BUT if they are too weak an lilly livered to perform then it is they to whom blame should be apportioned.
NAAFI tea in my day was always quite strong enough with all the bromide etc. have the senior ranks been quite neutered by NAAFI tea by now?
Please remember the whole of the armed forces are there to do the bidding of the people via parliament and for no other reason what so ever.
I am known to have a dislike of low flying but dont perceive helos to be much of a threat to anyone. Availability of routes and times does not seem to be of any real detriment to practice regimes. Anyone care to tell us if i am wrong in this since I do not fly rotary.