Interesting thred. I agree with minti the mini they do bring patients into EGHH. However most of the flights go to other uk airfields. Pretty much all the return flights are ATFM exempt and empty when returning to base. when positioning the day before to collect a patient they appear also to be filed as exempt avoiding slots.
"Routine positioning flights e.g. returning empty after an evacuation or positioning for fuel, or positioning to an airport to collect a patient some time after arrival (i.e. not time-critical) do not qualify for the use of STS/ATFMEXEMPTAPPROVED."
If as I understand it Flowman's comments are correct how can this operator get away with abusing the system when other A/A companies have to apply by the rules?? Surely all patients do not qualify for ATFM status and are time critical
