The latest news is that questions were asked at the Jersey parliament yesterday: see
Control tower ‘is safe’ » News » This Is Jersey
It's a shame the reply from the Economics Minister:
The temporary measures have been introduced as a safety requirement, following consultation with all relevant parties’ Senator Maclean said.
exhibits the same Zombie Mind Control flavour as the Airport's
PR.
As I understand it, no-one is disputing air safety in the Channel Islands, the AOPA CI point, from their paper, is:
• AOPA does not dispute Jersey ATS’s responsibilities for air safety and duty of care. These are self‐evident in an aviation environment.
• We would like to understand why Jersey ATS appears to be incapable of executing those responsibilities without an extraordinary overlay of restrictions that are not needed by any other ATS unit in the western world managing similar traffic volumes?
• Jersey ATS points to its new computer system. Obviously, every ATS unit in the world at some point changes its computers. We are not aware of any occasion that incredibly busy zones like those in the USA or Germany have needed the restrictions that already exist in the CI Zone, let alone additional “Prior Permission” restrictions.
In a small self-governing community like Jersey, one would hope someone in authority is actually accountable for answering plain questions like these. Someone not subject to the Zombie Mind Control......