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Old 22nd Sep 2014, 08:47
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Timothy

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Yes. I am sorry to be boringly repetitive but that is my point.

We are told, on the one hand, that if staffing becomes in any way an issue, the first thing to go is VFR access.

But, on the other, we have been promised that it's ok for Farnborough to plug the OCK gap, but we don't have to worry because VFR access, both transit and for other purposes, is guaranteed.

There is also a rumour of long term staff reductions at Solent which, by the same reckoning, will compromise access.

So, yes, I behaved badly on that Sunday, when this issue bit me, and I have apologised wholeheartedly, but I won't let a barrage of finger wagging about that distract me from the main issue of access rights to Class D airspace.

There seems to be a division between those who say "it's our/my airspace, we/I will decide" and those who say "it is airspace which you are licensed to operate under certain terms and conditions for the benefit of all parties."
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