I view the whole NATS PPP initiative with caution. Bearing in mind that controlled airspace was conceived as a way of protecting arriving and departing commercial transports, and ensuring separation of traffic, how long will it be before the consortia members decide that "Green Issues" and being Community aware and Environmentaly friendly is a way to greater profits. Let me illustrate this by posing this thought. An Airbus A300 will typically burn about 5000 kg per hour; Now, that calculates out at 81.8 kg/minute. Per Aeroplane, per sector, per airline per day etc.......One aircraft saving two minutes over an average 8 sector day will save 1309kg of fuel. Now multiply by number of aircraft x number days x number of operators......
Need I say more,. the advantages to the airlines in realigning airspace in their favour needs no further explanations....So, Perhaps you will see controlled airspace reduced from a floor of FL55+ at South Coast to 2,500amsl? Bigger bits of Class A/Class B
For bad to succeed good need only to do nothing. Suggest you all bite the bullet and join AOPA!
Blue skies (While we still have some left!)
Tailwinds