Silsoe .....cheap shot . We all happily tell ATC details going from an airport ...this has as much to do with knowing our probable route in the event we go missing . This is totally different and will result in a system like Russia where you have to have permission from Moscow for any flight , anywhere , even local . We were getting permission from Moscow for 5 min hops right up in the Kola peninsular !!!!!!!
We have let the CAA grow into a monster which has smothered and killed probably 50% of all small aoc companies and we have done nothing to stop them ......now we have the spectre of the police doing the same thing and we should react before it becomes the norm . Nobody is going to charter a helicopter from A to B if it involves waiting for 30 mins for a police check .
Just politely give them name and address and refuse to play their game if it is not a legal requirement .
on a lighter note i see the police are going to demand that new recruits can at least spell their name to get onto the force ....a good move as there was no intelligence required at all previously ..........