The only reason I brought up the incident at EGMC, was to prove that mistakes happen all around the world. To those of you who think the UK ATC system is infallible, believe me its not. Its amazing how most of you criticize the Spanish system, and when something bad is said about the UK system, everyone jumps to make excuses. It’s truly ridiculous.
Yes, one airplane was cleared to land, and moments before another airplane had been cleared to takeoff. No conditional clearance was given to any aircraft. Accident reports show that is has happened all around the world, but I have only seen it with my own two eyes in the UK. Saying that the controller is a reject from another tower is no excuse. STOP MAKING EXCUSES. Why do you think Heathrow has that special lighting system for taxiing aircraft? I can answer that too, because no one is perfect.
Spain has an open reporting system, the same as every country operating under JAR. If you have really encountered a problem in any country, instead of coming on here and bitching like babies, file a report.
RADAR:
Compare the number of operations out of LAX and EGMC. Mathematically, which one do you think is more prone to having an accident? It doesn’t take a genius to answer that. I would hate to see the EGMC controller at Madrid or at Heathrow.
Nobody forces anyone to fly. If I really thought that one airspace was so unsafe that I had to come on PPRUNE to complain about it, I would just not fly into it. Most companies will let you choose your destinations.