Originally Posted by
NorthSouth
Oh dear. Just taken a look at our colleagues over
there and they're suggesting that these NOTAMs have been issued in reaction to the Grob/glider collision last weekend. Seems like a rather pointless exercise. If they have really decided that the risks are now too great, they might be better to restrict all AEF cadet flying to within MATZs or controlled airspace rather than pretend that issuing a NOTAM will increase the lookout performance of civil pilots in the area (assuming of course that this was the cause of last weekend's midair). That would cover 8 of the 12 UAS/AEF airfields.
NS
Would be curious to understand what their concept of 'intensive light aircraft' is. Spread across a 700nm/sq area, it's going to take a lot of traffic to come anywhere near the hive of activity in the circuit at most airfields at the weekend.....and they're not NOTAM'd. Does rather smack of someone deciding that they'll show some sort of "Duty of Care" by discharging their responsibility in the event of an accident by saying "yes, but we did NOTAM that there'd be flying"...