FL - as a lawyer I would expect you instinctively to read carefully what is in front of you.
BOAC - The we are both surprised, because I would expect you as a professional pilot to have grasped more quickly what has been explained to you by professional helicopter pilots here.
- now I need some help here. A London S/VFR heli clearance is given as a minimum altitude is what you are saying but that altitude is not an altitude but a height?
NO. I did not say minimum.
As ShyT has already explained, a minimum altitude is not routinely given as part of the clearance.
Apart from one very small section of one route, which must be flown at a precise altitude (therefore both a maximum and a minimum), clearances do not normally include a minimum.
Flying Lawyer seems to disagree with you (Del Prado) on the point although his line is somewhat muddled.
I do not disagree with Del Prado.
I realise it seems muddled to you.
FL (nickname not Flight Level)
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Why o why o why is James-Healy Pratt the first one to raise the matter of American-style compensation in relation to this tragedy?
Why o why o why is a lawyer whose firm specialises in aviation claims the first one to raise the matter of compensation in relation to this tragedy?
I can't imagine. I'll have to think about that one.
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