very sad indeed, but was that ACF or ATC involvement. [sic]
Does it matter? It's hardly as if the ACO could ignore fallout from other cadet forces' AT disasters.
Theres a lot of people looking for a reason not to do something as oppose to the way that things should be done, find a way of doing it!
Very true. I remember only a few years ago sorting out a training sortie over the Scottish borders and contacting the local ATC unit to see if they wanted some flying. All we needed was somewhere to land, so they got permission for us to land at Thirlestane Castle and we managed to fly about 30 cadets from several units so remote from the main ACO hierarchy that little else came their way. Minimal effort on our part and they seemed fairly happy.