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Total and utter nonsense.
This isn't the hotel industry where split shifts are the norm.
If a radar service is notified as available in the UKAIP, then it's available to all operators who wish to participate subject to coverage and unit constraints.
Thank God that the UK ATC service isn't run by you.
Sorry Downscowpie, but if Oxford decide to only man the Radar during periods of their own Commercial traffic movements, that is entirely up to them.
If they are notified as a LARS provider during published times, then they would have to NOTAM any extended periods of closure.
Oxford are spending millions on this equipment for there own long term business plan to provide a more robust safety case for potential users, and fair play to them. Like it or not the UK is made up of 'Private Airfields'. They are not charities.