....."thery're too busy"...."they won't give us one anyway"......"we're VFR and responsible for our own seperation"...."they're miserable b**tards"
too true!!
As much as we try to help on 132.7/119.9 we are not a LARS unit and as such are not staffed to provide Radar services outside CAS.
Your instructor speaks many a wise word. Esp the miserable b**tards bit!
Seriously, we don't have time to give a service most of the time. When the vis is 30km+ do you really need one?
It isn't really helped by aircraft calling for a service when routeing Elstree to Southend via LAM and the vis is 30km+.
Have I missed something but what is wrong with the see and be seen principal of VFR flight?