I've never understood the point of PPR. The Americans manage perfectly well without it.
7th June 2009 20:13
Because:....
We may not have parking / fuel / etc available!
We may not be a designated point of entry and customs wont let you land.
You may have called with a "hello this is me" and only when I've written out your details on the transit strip do you then tell me at the end of your transmission that you are inbound! I then have to write out another (so Tower has all the right details). IF I am busy with traffic I WAS expecting, this is a low priority task so you may find yourself orbiting until such a time as it is done and TWR has the appropriate safety aide-memoir (strip). Your call really - PPPPPP and all that.
Had a guy call with 3nm to run - non PPR last week -
I hope he enjoyed the wait
However - biscuits normally iron out the problems
