If only the regulator had prodded hard...
Those of us who have intimate knowledge of the London City SIDs and the efforts that that have gone in to trying to make them safer over the years would have appreciated little more support from the regulator over this one.
For those of you speculating about the three thousand foot stop, it was instituted several years ago (i think after a series of level busts in 2005) to reduce the risk of continuing level busts in the area. Until 2009 it was considered to have been a reasonable solution.
To the people who think that it is only business aviation that causes the problem think again - FK50s might only climb at 1500fpm but they also used to regularly bust the 3,000ft step. The other issue was the level busts by inbounds, that is why there are so many new procedures for the two routes - ask a BA pilot what he thinks about the "box"
dive in to bunker to await the incoming!