Originally Posted by
BOAC
Could not see the answer in the report, but puzzled. Normally as you approach oceanic entry points you try to get up/down to cleared oceanic level. I gather both a/c had similar times at the same OEP. Why the climb request?
I thought the same - but the Montrose sector is quite a way from the oceanic boundary. There is a full transition sector between there and the SHANWICK boundary. The aircraft could have been converging to RUGID then diverging one due West to ERAKA and the other North West to BALIX - I am sure Fat Controller could tell us.