I did wonder myself flybymike.
Marchettiman alot of those aircraft are AOC aircraft and are counted as CAT.
As far as I can see they are mainly trying to sort out the G5's etc coming in from the North. Which from personal experience can be pretty hairy on a good wx day in a crappy TP doing 160-240knts clean.
The actual SFC up area is relatively small and I think they have set it up to stop people going round the corner of the TMA not speaking to anyone. Is this a known infringement point trying to get past the TMA and the airport?
The other bits are feeding into the airways system which can also be a huge pain in the bum if you get a remain outside instruction.
It could have been a hellva lot worse to be honest.
I suspect they will get it as well. And to be honest I can see more of an argument requiring it than either Doncaster or Norwich.
If there is an argument that it will help with infringements to the TMA your pretty well stuffed.
To be honest now with this ATCOCAS pish you might as well be in class D at least the controller can let you visually separate yourself from traffic.
Last edited by mad_jock; 11th Feb 2014 at 12:50.