Originally Posted by
Talkdownman
From AIC M42/2014:
Note that only "a permission" is required. A clearance is NOT required. The RA(T)s are NOT CAS. They remain Class G (ie. uncontrolled) airspace, but subject only to permission to access. A 'crossing service' is offered (Note: NOT a crossing clearance).
Within RA(T) Number 1 Nats Farnborough ATS has been specifying tracks, levels to fly, flight rules to which to adhere, and the requirement to display an SSR code.
Within RA(T) Number 1 Nats Farnborough ATS has used the term 'clearance'.
Within RA(T) Number 1 Nats Farnborough has been applying altitude restrictions to VFR flights in order to provide deconfliction from IFR traffic.
Nats Farnborough has therefore been managing a Class G RA(T) incorrectly as if it was Class C airspace.
Before writing the ACP for the Airshow RA(T) several years ago, we asked the CAA if it would be like Class D airspace. They replied that as long as we told them what 'rules' we wished to manage the airspace, it was entirely up to us.
So we decided on the following:
1) Pilots must request permission to enter.
2) They must listen out on the notified frequency whilst operating in the RA(T)
3) They must comply with ATC instructions whilst within the RA(T) unless that instruction is innapropriate eg 'instructing' a glider to vary its altitude.
I included these 'rules' in the Airspace Change Proposal and in the AIC.
Is this no longer the case?