Mike, I do fly to Heathrow on occasions, but arriving late evening and usually leaving before 0800 and with another 10 or 11 sectors a day it's highly unlikely I'll ever get time to stop anywhere for a social visit. We often miss breakfast and lunch as it is...
If I had more time to spare I would be able to spend it decifering these awkward NOTAMS
I emailed them last year but although they said it was possible and would trial it, they didn't. I thought you had a direct input, hence this more recent post to yourself.
I cannot see why this seems so difficult; I'm NOT asking for any rules to be changed, as far as I can see, nor doing anything that would make life difficult for a foreign pilot, in fact the contrary.
For example:
"EGHD
RAC : FROM 05/03/29 19:00 TO 05/10/28 19:30 C1149/05
D)MON-FRI 1900-1930
E)ATZ/AD NOT AVBL EXCEPT IN EMERGENCY"
I need to know if this is likely to affect my 12 or so day's sectors, some of which I haven't yet planned because I don't know timings or route until later in the day, when I might be sitting in a field waiting for a phone call on where to go next.
If the NOTAM said this:
"EGHD
RAC : FROM 05/03/29 19:00 TO 05/10/28 19:30 C1149/05
D)MON-FRI 1900-1930
E) Plymouth ATZ/AD NOT AVBL EXCEPT IN EMERGENCY"
It would solve the problem. It's not asking the earth, is it?
