Originally Posted by
Pudnucker
Apparantly, if a transit is refused, the PFA/AOPA get involved, the controller has to write a report, which eventually should mean that it's easier for them to provide a clearance rather than bluntly deny one due to the paperwork.
Er - wrong.
If it's too busy to issue a safe crossing clearance due to the "main customer" (the airports arrivals / departures), you aint going to get a transit clearance - period. No amount of complaining from anyone is going to change that.
You can report a refusal if you want - but if it transpires that it's one of the 5-10% that gets refused when the rest get approved it's just going to prove that the Class 'D' is actually doing what it's meant to be doing - protecting Public Transport operations.