Dear All,
Yes there has been an increase in the reporting of infringements. This is because controllers are being encouraged to report them so that everyone knows the real extent of this problem. BUT there does seem to be more happening anyway. Since the 1st of April the airfields in the London TMA have reported 77 infringements of zones, half of which resulted in a loss of separation with other aircraft. Also there was recently an infringement of the Southampton zone by two powered paragliders that got very close to a british regional jet. Turning off your transponder does not hide you from the investigations departments. All that does is give no protection to any TCAS equiped aircraft. If you want to see what a big jet looks like from 100ft away just get lost, enter a zone and switch off your transponder!
If you fly in the south of england the places that get the most infringements are Stansted and Luton. Sure the airspace around Luton has changed and as pilots you should be aware of that! But when was there a change to Stansted's airspace?
