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Old 27th May 2003, 18:50
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martinidoc
 
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Most commercial flights operate to permit the public to indulge their pleasure of travelling and going to exotic places on holiday.

Light aircraft are flown by those who wish to indulge their passion for aviation, or are training for a career in aviation.

I do not complain about my fellow human beings' desire to fly away on holiday, but I fail to see why this type of "commercial" operation should be treated in principle any differently from the light aircraft flyer who pays his fuel, duty, landing and nav fees pro-rata for his use of the airfield and its facilities.

All light aircraft operators accept that for very good safety reasons they will usually have to give way to larger and less manoeuverable jet passenger aircraft.

I might add that at my own base airfield EGNT almost without exception the ATCOs try very hard to coordinate light and heavy traffic to minimse delay to GA users, perhaps this is because several of them fly too!
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