It was done for a while ex LTN too, but the CAAput a stop to it.
The regs on SE IFR for Public Transport date back to the days of piston engines right after the war. It seems utterly ridiculous that modern turbine engines with a failure rate several orders of magnitude better than those old pistons are still prevented from earning money. Refusal to allow this is surely the worst kind of craven bureaucratic dinosaurism. Turbine singles are proven to be several times safer than piston twins which are allowed SE IFR, so what is the problem???
Think of the possibilities for Pax carying Caravans with operating costs of under $200 per hour in the UK. Imagine commuter services from Norwich, Exeter, Bristol, Bournemouth etc to London. People would buy season tickets! Imagine the improvement in services to the Highlands and Islands, no more costly Twotters. Imagine the postal delivery potential. Imagine the jobs and prosperity it would create in the general aviation environment.
Imagine coupling this with on-board precision approach systems (DGPS), aviation in Europe would never look back.
Don't hold your breath though...
Last edited by Agaricus bisporus; 14th Jun 2002 at 17:16.