Originally Posted by
Spin Buster
Facinating analysis - thank you once more mm flynn.
If I have understood it-
Over 90% of UK registered aircraft are GA, and they only account for one third of serious losses of separation.
Two thirds are down to professional pilots using ATC in Controlled Airspace...
That is a reasonably accurate, but potentially misleading summary. The loss of separation incidents are almost exclusively associated with controlled airspace and the amount of GA activity in this airspace will be small relative to the overall population. In addition, exposure (i.e. flight hours) is much more relevant than the number of aircraft registered (a registered but non-flying aircraft is hardly likely to figure in an infringement!).
NATS and the professional pilots are doing a lot of work on training, awareness, expensive new equipment, etc. to help them address the issues in their control. It is not entirely unexpected, given the money they are putting in to address their issues, that there is pressure for GA to invest in technology to help on the issues for which they are responsible.