I agree - a serious oversight
Which reminds me, not long after I'd left Waddington I was sat in the kitchen of the In Laws not far from Binbrook and, in the late dusk, a Lightning was recovering from the North Sea. I was watching the anti coll beacon about two miles away when there was an almighty flash - followed by a very big boom. I dialed 999 and asked to be put through to Binbrook ATC. I explained what I'd seen and I was asked to hold on. A minute later I was told that the pilot had actually heard the boom from a marine distress flare some w*nker had launched at him as he'd crossed the town. Common occurrence apparently.
