Isn't it time Plod et al got real about people doing bad things? Do they really think that anyone in their right mind is going to do anything naughty from their own airstrip with their own little puddle jumper
I recently had cause to fly my little puddle jumper to Ireland and due to some inclement wx was forced into one of the more godforsaken bits of wales, not as per my earlier intructions to the local Special Branch. As it happened, said godforsaken place had a resident special branch man in situ, so was able to redo the business. He gave me a form to fill in which among other things needed a passport number - sorry said I it's in the a/c - oh don't worry about it hen said he.
I asked what they did with the forms and the info and was told they just file it. Isn't that a waste of your time and mine then, yes he said, but its the rules! Makes you wonder doesn't it!
Do they really think anyone with something to hide is going to phone special branch etc before lob off to drug/gun/bomb collection?