ATC Services
Having flown in the Gulf of Mexico for some three years now, I've become acutely aware of a number of weaknesses in the government supported infrastructure; specifically, weather reporting, remote communication with ATC, traffic separation, and IFR radar service. Most of what we have appears to have been designed to support other users (airlines primarily). The rest is left up to the individual operators to provide for themselves as money allows. We've managed to work around these deficiencies to a certain extent, but I think life would be ever so much better with some modest help from Uncle Sam. Do those of you flying in the North Sea suffer with the same lack of services? If not, how were they overcome over there?