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Old 13th Apr 2017, 06:56
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El Bunto
 
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Any particular reason for the objections? ATC discipline and flight safety doesn't appear to have collapsed in the overwhelming majority of countries where rebroadcasting is permitted.

I expect there's some 'reason' that the UK shoud remain in the same special class as Spain, Kazakhstan and North Korea ( prohibited ) but not the USA, Canada, France, UAE, Turkey, Venezuela, Madagascar, Ukraine, Russia, China... even Greece, which is notoriously hostile to spotters, doesn't ban it!

At present UK-originting ATC-related communications can be legally recorded and broadcast by receivers in [ Republic of ] Ireland, when they have reception, so it's not as if UK pilots and controllers are currently entirely 'protected'. Wander too far over to the west coast or to NI and you might be rebroadcasted. Horror! I have not yet researched whether this is also the case for the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

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