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Old 11th Nov 2014, 15:06
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kcockayne
 
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By now you will have gathered that every time you "set foot outside of CAS" (particularly in a "performance aeroplane") you "take your life in your hands" - or compound that by putting your life in the hands of an ATCO who very often has no hope of providing the service which you require; due to traffic density, lack of appropriate equipment, lack of a proper medium to work within, lack of traffic awareness, lack of communication with said traffic, lack of compliance by said traffic with what the ATCO wishes to do (to provide the service) etc.
After spending my career entirely within Class A airspace I have nothing but complete & utter admiration for those ATCOS who try to deliver a service in uncontrolled airspace. It is they who deserve to be paid the sort of salaries which LACC , EGLL controllers get !
You pilots ought to be fully aware of the impossible task Class G ATCOS have , give them due credit for their efforts , & , keep out of Class G !
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