Only Pprune Radar seems to recognise my point that there is clear guidance in CAP413 that states passing levels are required to the first en-route ATS unit. I am in agreement that this is yet another publication goof by the CAA when he rightly states a contradiction lies in the AIP. Every new edition of CAP413 is disappointingly crap, containing the same old inaccuracies that it would appear nobody in Gatwick can be a*sed to tidy up. What little faith I had in the document, after this debate, has now vanished.
There are still a few unanswered questions I have, namely:
Why do ScATCC inisist on the CAP413 passing level requirement, rather than the AIP version? Have they published a "local" difference we should be aware of? Any Scottish Centre controllers care to contribute?
Why has nobody in the know taken this opportunity to define what an "en-route ATS unit" is?