Originally Posted by
Captain Smithy
Think you're forgetting eharding that politicians/Whitehall have been involved, as we all know whenever these serpents get their grubby hands on anything it's bound to get hopelessly buggered beyond comprehension.
CAA/NATS were commanded from on high to implement this at the wishes of HMG, I am led to believe.
Smithy
Wishes of HMG are that everything goes off without a hitch. Regulator attempts to implement that by effectively grounding everything VFR it possibly can.
I don't see NATS as the villain here - the proposed CAS(T) changes to cope with anticipated extra demand published last month seem perfectly reasonable.