Originally Posted by NorthSouth
I've heard this many times but never heard who these airlines are. What if no RAS is available?
Sometimes when we offer a shortcut to airlines transiting between airports to beat a slot this means going outside CAS, whilst our unit will provide a RAS the accepting unit will not, this is explained to the pilot. Invariably they have to decline as their SOPs do not allow them to accept a RIS.
We do operate differently from our US brethren in so many ways, I know there are many in GA in the UK who seem to think they offer a better service, perhaps they do but we have to work to the rules the regulator sets us.