Yes, 3 months is far too long. Would you wait three months for a set of faulty traffic lights stuck on "all green" to be repaired?
Sadly, GA in the UK doesn't have the teeth it needs to be able to do very much at the moment. Mike and Russell are doing about as much as they can - sadly they don't seem to be getting all that much help from AOPA or the PFA who really should be fighting this battle for us.
I'm a member of both AOPA and the PFA, and I am one of the pilots who suffered a missing NOTAM with the result that I nearly became part of an airshow. I reported this to the AIS, FlyOnTrack, the PFA, AOPA and MOR'd the AIS website.
AIS were interested, were aware that there were problems, but said they could do much about it, not even return to the old A-series bulletins.
FlyOnTrack were very helpful, with several phone conversations, and it was they who suggested the MOR.
The PFA replied with a standard "thank you for your email" email. AOPA and the CAA couldn't even manage to acknowledge receipt of my comments.
Now where is GA's representation? AOPA and the PFA have both failed, as far as I am concerned, and they are the recipients of my hard earned cash. I shall be thinking long and hard about renewing next year. The CAA, at least privately, seems quite concerned, as they should be. FlyOnTrack is very concerned, thank goodness - I don't think we would be anywhere like as far towards a solution without their support. Even NATS/AIS seem to be trying to improve things.
If the organisations supposed to represent GA, and funded to do so, fail so completely in such a serious situation as the current NOTAM problems, what recourse do we have? Concerned, public spirited, private individuals - who, fortunately, seem to be doing a very good job with relatively little official support and almost no funding.
Would going to the press and/or Parliament help? No. It would turn a major safety-critical mess into a game of "pin the blame on the donkey". At the moment the best the GA community can do is support Mike and Russell in every way it can, and lobby AOPA and the PFA to take a more pro-active role in sorting this mess out before someone dies.
Cheers,
MD - currently grounded due to lack of reliable NOTAMs.