Originally Posted by
bad bear
its interesting to see that 2 professional pilots just blunder through an active parachuting site, they could so easily have hit the parachutist. Should professional pilots not be forced to carry and look at the same 1;500,000 chart that every other airspace user is legally obliged to carry?
Agree entirely bad bear. It says a lot about Flybe's Flight Ops department that they did not equip their flight crews with a departure procedure that ensured that all deps from 27 either got positive RT confirmation from Dundee Tower that Errol wasn't active, or took an early left turn to remain clear of the notified area, or if that wasn't possible (e.g. because of other traffic joining downwind) climbed straight ahead until clear to the west of Errol. Equally, it seems bizarre that although the Errol parachuting site is now shown on the Dundee instrument approach charts (it wasn't when this airprox happened), there's still no mention of Errol or parachuting in the AIP text for Dundee.