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Old 19th Aug 2007, 15:40
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Fuji Abound
 
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ATC Hassle

Flying today I was surprised to hear AT receiving considerable hassle from Easyjet.

It was a short series of transmits that went something along the lines:

I am ready, I am really ready, I can accpet an immedaite NOW,

in the end the controller gave in and a helicopter that was trying to cross the active was turned away.

Now given that we are all paying for these services, and in this case a considerable sum of money, had I been the heli pilot I would have been pretty peeved.

In my view the Easyjet had no priority because he was commercial traffic and I would have told him to WAIT.
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