Originally Posted by
Regular Cappuccino
According to this person (& I can't remember who it was) when the department was set up, they were all chatting in a pub about what the criteria might possibly be for getting CAS and as part of the conversation, someone suggested a nominal number of ATMs which was (quote) "scribbled on the back of a fag packet"(unquote). It was apparently never actually adopted though. RC
Oh yes it was!! Don't know how long ago you are referring to, but this was precisely the criterion that was used as the excuse for Southend (and, I believe, Prestwick) losing its CTR. Given that there is now the available "menu" of classes of CAS, it is an absolute disgrace that any aerodrome with IAPs still has to operate in Class G.