Originally Posted by
rustle
Yep, you're right.
God forbid anyone asks a politician "how come my trip home from Ibeefa to Durham goes through a load of uncontrolled airspace and the pilot reckons he's got no idea who else is out there? How can that be allowed? and I heard loadsa stuff nearly hits each other around there. summit should be dun abaatit"
"OK Sir, it can't be allowed so we shall just pull the route licences from the airlines flying from Durham so I'm afraid you'll have to go to Manchester next time you wish to go to Ibeefa"
Or
"Would sir accept this as a compromise, after all you have no more right to airspace and to be flying around than anyone else?"