Originally Posted by achimha
How can they dispose of your IFR flight plan without you requesting to cancel your IFR?
London are not disposing of the flight plan or trying to get anyone to cancel IFR. They are just trying to discourage the IFR flight from continuing flight within CAS. The 'easy way out' for London is to co-erse any relatively low performance light aircraft to leave controlled airspace before it reaches the complexities of the London TMA thus leaving the pilot to find his own way outside controlled airspace IFR but without protection. This can sometimes be more expeditious for both parties but the controller should at least have the courtesy to discuss it with the pilot rather than merely 'dumping' the flight into uncontrolled airspace at short notice leaving the pilot to make his own Class G ATS arrangements. Such action should be compensated by hefty rebate on route charges! One would have to leave CAS at some stage before Shoreham but ejecting the flight excessively early is, IMHO, poor customer service.
Originally Posted by peterh337
This is a much better system and I hope they continue with it
I just hope that nats don't get a liking for this Olympic CAS(T) and want too much of it permanently...