Originally Posted by WorkingHard
BDiONU said "GA don't pay for emergency services provided by D&D? " By this are you inferring that others do? If that is not the case then why single out GA as not paying. Can we please be clear on something. GA PAYS IN MANY WAYS THAT CAT DOES NOT.
Those who pay route charges pay NATS and it is NATS who fund the civil element of D&D and the associated infrastructure.
Whilst I recognise that this may seem contentious to you
WorkingHard GA do get a 'free ride' in a sense. It could be argued that provision of D&D should be considered to be like that of the Police, Fire, Ambulance and Coastguard. The difference being that they're publically funded bodies, NATS is a privately owned company which needs revenue to continue to stay in business. The current provision of Alerting & Fixing services is a part of NATS license to operate and I have no difficulty with that, where I see a problem is in provision of a new service.
Regards
BD