AIP supplement here:
http://www.ais-netherlands.nl/aim/mi...9-04-en-GB.pdf Doesn't mention anything about a four-week period though.
This is absolutely unbelievable. Particularly the fact that you cannot route via PAM anymore is very, very annoying. Thank god the Soesterberg CTR is now closed so you can go around the east side more easily.
And the most idiotic thing is that this was never a problem before Mode-S. Until a few months ago, you were supposed to turn your transponder OFF (standby) underneath the Schiphol TMA 1. Then everybody was forced to fit Mode-S and one of the promises was that we didn't have to worry about that rule anymore. Now everybody has Mode-S, the transponder prohibited area is gone and there's too much clutter on the radar screens.
So instead of reinstating the transponder prohibited area, they just seal off the whole area for VFR traffic wholesale SFC-1500'. And for those that do not know the area: 1500' and up is the Schiphol TMA (class A).