Originally Posted by SA120
Birmingham and East Mids usually will not offer any zone transits and ask all to remain clear of the controlled airspace.
I have refused
ONE transit of EMA CAS in the last 2 years - and that was because he called half a mile from the edge of CAS and I was working like a one armed paper hangar.
Yes - you will be told to remain outside in the initial call, so as to stop you blundering in. 9 times out of 10 you will also be told that either you're not
YET cleared in or you'll get transit clearance when you get closer. I have data at work that will show the number of refusals is probably less than 0.1% of requested transits.
As far as Brum is concerned - I've asked for transit 7 times (normally 4000ft through the overhead) and got 7 transits in the past year.
I think you owe some people a retraction / apology.