EGHQ - The amount of hairy moments over the last 3 -4 years have not increased and the helicopter traffic is less than it was 5 years ago when there were Lynx's and gazelles doing navex's around the moor.. There are departures after 5 pm and plenty of departures at weekends.
80% of inbounds from the channel islands come straight in from SKERY not the BHD 262R. Inbounds from the East rarely join the BHD 262R at the earliest opportunity they self position to join at the IAF.
There is No excuse for double standards when it comes to safety, they were offered a service from Exeter giving the same the coverage as PlyMil but were not interested.
The original Safety case - don't get me going on that one as it is a real can of worms. One day the whole story will come out.
A BUMP - I am fully aware on what is going here, it just maybe that i am old fashioned and do not expect double standards in FLIGHT SAFETY in our industry.