Something else that London Information do for me from time to time is to phone ahead ETAs. This is very useful if you are heading for an airfield that closes at a particular time and you want them to stay open an extra couple of minutes, or if they are going to organise a service for you on arrival (fuel, taxi, whatever)
I very rarely use LI on box 1 as an FIS, but I often ask them things on box 2 that I don't want to bother the airways freq with (getting weather or DA activity for example).
They are invariably friendly, willing and helpful
Thanks guys and gals at LI
I would only add that if you are looking for traffic information in some of the busier areas of the UK, then local airfields (even A/G only) will often have more meaningful information than will London FIS. This is because only a very small percentage of those people who are out there actually call London FIS.
I called Sywell in passing the other day, and they replied "we can't possibly know what's out there, you'll just have to keep a lookout."
Nice.
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