The radar will be a mixed blessing. The local ATC guys could be the best candidates as they know what is going on in the local area. Im not sure how a NATS safety case would stack up with 2 gliding clubs within 5 nm and all the traffic that is forced to squeeze between Birmingham and Brize and of course between Brize and Weston. This is the busiest VFR play ground in the UK and the VFR traffic wont go away because it cant, there is no where else to go. I simply dont think the NATS lawers would alow them to bid for this contract and if they did the Oxford arrivals or departures would have to wait till dark 'o'clock to get a big enough gap in the sky to deconflict the flight. If all the VFR traffic within 10 nm were to call the friequency would be saturated. Imagine all 50 competitors from Bicester calling one after the other for 60 min...... Bicester is less than 5nm form the C/L of the ILS and most competitors would be up wind, given a westery they would be about 3nm, well then there is Weston at 3nm from theC/L,,, Gliding alone can generate over 400 movements per day within 10nm, how would NATS lawers feel about that?
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