Unfortunately this doesn’t surprise me at all. Was sat on Southend seafront a few months ago, listening into 128.95 while we waited for the Reds to run in. Finished up shaking my head in disbelief as approach had to explain to a succession of aircraft that no, they couldn’t land just at the moment, as one of the biggest and best publicised airshows in the country was about to start.
The best one was a PA28 from Shoreham who wanted to argue the toss, reckoning he could get across the Thames 1 minute before the TRA came into force. . .
Silly sods.