London Information's operating practices is out of line with the rest of the developed aviation world.
If you are on a IFR flight plan and leave controlled airspace in the UK, it is possible for you to be passed to London Info. When this happens, your IFR may be canceled, flight plan trashed, further clearance is null and void, and you are forgotten about.
To avoid this happening, insist you are handed over to a London Control frequency instead.
All pilots overseas don't know this. They WERE TOLD they were cleared to their destination airport. But they find out something's not right when suddenly hear the words remain outside controlled airspace, and then find the controlled airspace base levels descending towards the cloud tops / icing level......
Last edited by soaringhigh650; 16th Sep 2013 at 15:31.