Originally Posted by
Gertrude the Wombat
That sounds like a nice idea. Where would such a service come from, and who would pay for it?
This is one of my pet gripes about flying in UK - the lack of a consistent traffic coverage. In Germany, they manage a system where I take off, call up Langen / Bremen / Munich Information and get such a service every time. Why, in such an advanced country like UK, do we have to put up with 'Basic Service' or other such crap? London Information doesn't even have radar, FFS.....
As for who pays for it, the infrastructure is paid by fuel duties,
AFAIK.....