Originally Posted by PPRuNe Radar
Why would an en route CAS provider have to provide navaids for people who fly outside their airspace ??
To help people navigate around the chunk of airspace they've been handed? When British Telecom dig up the road, they don't expect drivers to stump up for the cones to put around it. If a commercial operator is given a swathe of airspace for its exclusive control, and from which it makes a profit, it doesn't seem unreasonable for them to help the users it's forcing out to go around it.
One point I haven't seen mentioned is that a lot of people use the enroute beacons outside controlled airspace and away from airfields for training - either NDB tracking or NDB holds. It's not uncommon to see people holding around WCO, for example. If the beacons disappear, it will be harder to practice these skills and we should expect a reduced ability to use them when needed.