Hey guys,
yeah, sorry for the quote thingy..... Was quoting MikeJ not HD.
Also totally agree with perusal & a bit off topic.
As you've all probably guessed I work at Cardiff. With the massive changes in Airspace last year we actively created pilot/atc forums with the local GA community to try to help them understand what will be required of them, what we may do to them etc...etc...
We never ever get visitors from the GA community asking to visit the unit for famil, only work experience people and the usual bods from within the airport. I've even taken it upon myself to get some of the locally based BMI crews to come and have a butchers so they can ask some of their obvious questions concearns with atc.
I remember when leaving the college last year, BA Week was so beneficial with the fam flights. Until recently fam flights at Cardiff counted towards TRUCE and were extremely encouraged.
On the flip side, its such a shame the flight training has been reduced so much for ATCO's.