Controlled Airspace
Experience shows that even when there is a CAS option available it is not used. Cardiff traffic will join/leave at AMMAN rather than route via BCN; and join at ALVIN/leave to go through the FIR from near Lyneham and overhead Bristol...again to avoid routeing via BCN and remaining within the Airway system. This is compounded by the actual publication of arrival/departure routes that do not make use of CAS protection even when that option IS available. If an aircraft has an incident outside CAS when following a published procedure of this type does the relevant ATC Authority bear responsibilty and liability or is this another "washing of hands"......?