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Old 28th March 2006 | 20:06
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dublinpilot
 
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MQ,

No absolutely not. I'm not sure what I said that you interperited as that, but I am not concerned about that at all.

Perhaps it was my comment about Weston management wanting to use the airspace to increase their profits? What I mean by that, is that if they control that airspace, they can quite easily refuse transits through R15, and keep inbound aircraft outside their CTZ, soley to prioritise their Biz Jet traffic. Holding for 20 minutes is far more expensive than a hefty landing fee!

The requirement for flight plans 1 hour before departure would also severly hamper training. Another way of helping them prioritise Biz Jet traffic.

I'm not suggestion that they would charge for the useage of the airspace though!

But a bit of lateral thinking, and I think you have come up with a great scheme! Perhaps if the Government charged airports for controlled airspace by the volume, and class, they wouldn't want as much as possible, but as little as possible!

dp
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