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Old 6th Aug 2003, 07:53
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TheRev
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Vale Of York

The program had both ligitimate and sensationalised points -lets face it, though, if it didnt it wouldnt have made on tv.

I thought the problem of aircraft flying through the Vale of York being at risk from unpredictable military traffic was wrongly attributed to ATC, surely if the airlines chose to fly outside of the airways system they are the ones putting passengers at risk. They could rectify this by sticking to the airways. The capt they interviewed should be thanking the controller for giving him avoiding action and reviewing his decisions while making a flight plan