Originally Posted by Wee Weasley Welshman
My preferance would be to invest in a 121.4 solely for GA use in the UK airspace offering a dedicated D&D service.
Who is going to pay for the infrastructure for this service bearing in mind that GA don't pay for emergency services provided by D&D? (I'm assuming here that the military controllers who man D&D would be providing this service as currently).
NATS currently provide the infrastructure for 121.5 and the RAF are paid to provide the trained manpower. The current provision is a part of the licensing requirements of the CAA. Provision of another service would have to be negotiated and, as NATS are a privately owned company and its not a part of their licensing agreement, paid for.
BD