FISO's can't handle 6 in the circuit because they don't have to handle anything! They bare little to no responsability to what goes on and are an aid to safety by acting as a constant person who can pass traffic information to you. If you hit someone because they didn't notice it isn't their fault. Thats how you can 'handle' 6 in the circuit.
G-RICH
I don't think SN is trying to protect just the employment at Coventry ATC but more ATC in general. If you seriously think that its as simple as just getting on with it then your wrong. Its highly complicated more so than buzzing around in your cessna, there are alot of limitations placed on what is allowed to happen and what isn't! Its not just a case of that ATCO is an idiot he won't let more be in the circuit, there are rules and ATC is a service they provide what they are told to provide. If you had a problem you should have raised it with the airport. I don't think you will get a member of ATC to actually spend the time to explain everything to you because it would take days, and to be honest you don't care anyway. All you want is an airfield tailored to EXACTLY what you want. Does it suit others? No i don't think so, just yourself. Why would so many ATPL/CPL students come to coventry to learn 1.Full ATC 2.Range of aircraft for intergration 3. ILS boths ends an NDB and controllers who are willing to spend the time to offer those services to everybody.
Also if you think Birmingham are going to look after you forever you will be very suprised. They are acting in an interim in the belief that Coventry will reopen with ATC to take the workload again. NATS have said it before that Birmingham ARE NOT there to provide any services to traffic other than that they are getting paid for or HAVE TO work. So enjoy it while it lasts.
You can't compare one airport to another based solely on the service you recieve because there are other restrictions. As for the 4x4's and high-vis, all your doing is talking out of your arse to be quite honest. Acting like a child because you don't like the rules. How do anticipate servicing all the ILS equipment around the site in the winter? Is it really going to harm you wearing a high-vis - are you alergic perhaps? (im pretty sure your safer the more visible you are - is that not correct?)
You can't have the airport just to suit you personally and all the other hobby pilots around. There is cargo to be done, buisness jets to land and commercial flight training to take place. Im sorry but Coventry is not aiming to be a club airfield like leicester it has the potential to be more (and has in the past been more). All of those place standards on the minimum levels of service the airport has to provide and what is required to attract that traffic. The airport would go no where if you just turned it into another leicester*.
Its short sited to think only about how you want it for yourself, those who choose to base themselves out of their have to take the positives (full ATC with radar, ILS etc) with the negatives (you have to wear a high-vis and put up with other much bigger/faster traffic)
*Lecister - onto leicester, there is nothing wrong with it, i've flown out of there many times and its excellent for what it is, but where do all their pilots go for commercial training or to shoot an ILS - Coventry is certinally one of them.