MrR
Yes, I have been kind of back-pedalling since the start! But it was just in response to the scaremongering comment "how long do we put up with this dangerous practice " - at first I thought that stabout was probably from the press (until I did my homework). So let me clarify my position, of course multilat is a good thing but if its delayed by a year, that is frustrating but does not have a critical impact on overall safety levels in the N Sea.
Yes the secondary radar provided by the Norwegians is good, but don't forget you are flying to a pretty small area that can be covered by one radar. For the Aberdeen routes a lot more installations would be required and if its hard to install multilat antennae with no moving parts, its much harder to install a rotating radar head ( and both only work on transponder returns)
HC