I find it very hard to believe some of these threads, I really do. There is PC Plod, closely followed by Her Majestys Customary Excuse, doing their best (with extremely limited funding and staff levels) to at least be seen to be doing their job. Mr. Stiknruda, am I now to assume that if you did have any information to spare, you would be in possession of a current number with which to report it? Isn't that a positive advantage?
The fact that visits are being made to individuals and private strips suggets (at least to me) that perhaps the conclusion that these people are clueless is at best a little harsh. Do you visit other strips? Do you know other a/c owners? ARE YOU STILL IN A BETTER POSITION THAN THEM TO NOTICE WHEN SOMEONE/THING STRANGE TAKES PLACE? The answer to all of the above has to be yes.
Genghis, really. Details of someone selling gear at an airfield? Why of course! Report it to the CAA... My car has a flat tyre, so I'll go to WH Smith to see if they can pass on the details of my problem to the RAC in the hopes that they'll fix it.
Have many people on this site ever realised that the reason so few GA smugglers are apprehended is because the GA community are either:-
- Not bothered;
- Scared to pass on info;
- Misinformed as to the correct people to contact;
- Unlikely to 'rat' on a fellow 'rogue' aviator;
- Completely apathetic, overly critical and too worried about 'looking stupid' or wasting the old bills time.
Perhaps it's about time that a site like this made people realise what an absolute wealth of information we have at our disposal, that poor old law enforcement can only dream of. At least they're trying to make a difference. We are we doing?