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Old 26th Nov 2009, 21:33
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Sepp
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Don't worry, the buggers in the UK won't ever do you... or if they try, they'll fail.
Their record in that department ain't hugely inspiring.

We (AOC holders) here in the UK have been trying to get the "regulator" to stop illegals (I am not suggesting that what you propose is such) for... well, ages.... and still it happens. Toothless, apparently. And it's not just pvt ops doing illegal CAT - I once reported an openly dodgy AOC operation, CAT, into a waaaay too-short UK field - the official response? "Can't do anything without proof". Erm... ain't that what FO(I) and/or SAFA ramp checks are for??

Fill yer boots, mate, and if anyone ever wants to ramp check you, say "sorry, it'll take me out of duty, make an apointment", and walk straight ahead off the field.

They'll soon be too interested in whether you've filled your ETS returns in to bother with owt else, anyway. Bitter, moi?
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