Originally Posted by IO540
Flying low level in France is easy enough too but one spends ages with the SIA handbook, working out which bits of restricted airspace are active and at what levels, and the route can become quite complicated and navigable only with a GPS which shows the relevant airspace. I guess most French pilots do very short local flights only. If UK airspace was like that, the current UK infringement picture would be much much worse.
Speak for yourself. Most others find it easy and have been doing it since before GPS was ever heard of.
Do not assume that the large number of airspace infringements by UK pilots (in the UK and abroad) is repeated by pilots trained elsewhere.
French pilots fly as much if not more crosscountry flights as their UK counterparts.
Not long until the annual young persons flying tour of France rally.
Regards,
DFC