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Hmmmm, so someone who ends up with an unstable approach for whatever reason, let's say a wake vortex encounter, where the safest way to get out of it is to hit TOGA and climb away isn't allowed to?
Don't think much of that if it's correct.
If you're not going to permit just passing traffic info and then watch the blips merge, as would be allowed by the rules, then you are taking some form of action to ensure some (not "standard") separation over and above what is actually required, none.
Which is what I think most UK atcos do, they don't try to apply IFR/IFR criteria to IFR/VFR, but they will try to build in some separation. In busy airspace it's partly to ensure safety and partly to ensure minimum disruption ie reducing the liklehood of the IFR legitimately asking for avoiding action.
Don't think much of that if it's correct.
If you're not going to permit just passing traffic info and then watch the blips merge, as would be allowed by the rules, then you are taking some form of action to ensure some (not "standard") separation over and above what is actually required, none.
Which is what I think most UK atcos do, they don't try to apply IFR/IFR criteria to IFR/VFR, but they will try to build in some separation. In busy airspace it's partly to ensure safety and partly to ensure minimum disruption ie reducing the liklehood of the IFR legitimately asking for avoiding action.
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Any chance of a comment please about my original question or am I just wasting my time or being stupid
.. .. .. or any other ATCOs or Stansted people who might just happen to read this thread.
PS - sorry if I have upset your sensibilities, just my opinion and experience you understand. Every where else I actually find really good and have no complaints at all.
Any chance of a comment please about my original question or am I just wasting my time or being stupid
.. .. .. or any other ATCOs or Stansted people who might just happen to read this thread.
PS - sorry if I have upset your sensibilities, just my opinion and experience you understand. Every where else I actually find really good and have no complaints at all.
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The VFR corridor is at 3500 (No ATC communication required) and VFR transit routes are at 2500.
As published for LAX
If some one goes missed at 2 miles, they are going to have a 6 or 7 track miles with a hard altitude limit of 2000 feet. Note - My previous comments are memory from guidance I was given (but don't have a reference).
Just our of curiosity, how often do inbound aircraft get sufficiently destabilised that they feel the need to go to TOGA 4 miles out? As compared to level off at say 1000 ft until the MAP
As published for LAX
MISSED APPROACH: Climb to 600 then climbing
left turn via heading 020^ to cross SMO R-095 at or
below 2000, then continue climb to 5000 via SMO
R-068 or POM R-248 to POM VORTAC and hold.
left turn via heading 020^ to cross SMO R-095 at or
below 2000, then continue climb to 5000 via SMO
R-068 or POM R-248 to POM VORTAC and hold.
Just our of curiosity, how often do inbound aircraft get sufficiently destabilised that they feel the need to go to TOGA 4 miles out? As compared to level off at say 1000 ft until the MAP
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mmmm...not my airspace but......
i dont work essex or stansted radar whichever you want to call it but i still have an opinion....
i always try and give transits and the like......i understand the VFR rules and the fact that we dont separate VFR and IFR aircraft......
however...and its not a moan or a rant but........there is a common belief amoungst PPL's (and i am one!) that they have a right to fly through class D airspace.
class D aispace is CAS which with permission VFR aircraft can enter etc. a heads up for most PPL's is that the controller working CAS is paid by, lets say NATS, for inbound and outbound aircraft from stansted or in my case gatwick. NATS gets paid from BAA for each respective airport to safely vector inbound and outbound aircraft to that airport, the costs are then passed onto the respective airlines......so who do PPL's pay for the service? the CAA? Nope NATS is part privatised?!
so when you do get a FREE transit of which there are many dont begrudge the controllers when you dont get one because 9 times out of 10 its because they are too busy......... and they are paid primarily for he traffic in and out of their respective airports.
safe flying....
i always try and give transits and the like......i understand the VFR rules and the fact that we dont separate VFR and IFR aircraft......
however...and its not a moan or a rant but........there is a common belief amoungst PPL's (and i am one!) that they have a right to fly through class D airspace.
class D aispace is CAS which with permission VFR aircraft can enter etc. a heads up for most PPL's is that the controller working CAS is paid by, lets say NATS, for inbound and outbound aircraft from stansted or in my case gatwick. NATS gets paid from BAA for each respective airport to safely vector inbound and outbound aircraft to that airport, the costs are then passed onto the respective airlines......so who do PPL's pay for the service? the CAA? Nope NATS is part privatised?!
so when you do get a FREE transit of which there are many dont begrudge the controllers when you dont get one because 9 times out of 10 its because they are too busy......... and they are paid primarily for he traffic in and out of their respective airports.
safe flying....
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No - I read it. The minute you start talking about who pays for what in respect to airspace you lose the argument. (Or your "heads up" loses credibility - pick whichever option suits best).
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what argument?!
win, lose? its about right and wrong.....and the way it is, not about winning and losing?!
most people are grateful when they get something for nothing not moan when dont get it?!
many of my friends are Essex controllers and they work hard doing the job they get paid to do.......only to get slagged off for not doing something their not paid to do when they are working their butts off? sound fair to you?!
most people are grateful when they get something for nothing not moan when dont get it?!
many of my friends are Essex controllers and they work hard doing the job they get paid to do.......only to get slagged off for not doing something their not paid to do when they are working their butts off? sound fair to you?!
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I seem to remember NATS argument around the Bristol CAS, proposed Coventry, and several other Class D airspace implementations was broadly,
"VFR pilots shouldn't object to this because they can still use the airspace with almost equal ease - they just need to make a quick zone transit call"
While I have some sympathy with the 'who will pay argument' around LARS type services (a real requested service), and an understanding that sometimes density of traffic will make transits impractical, 'who pays' to use a mandatory service that resulted primarily from the 'expropriation' of common airspace for the benefit of a limited group of commercial operators is a poor argument. Worse it reinforces the perception of VFR pilots that controllers begrudge offering the transit.
"VFR pilots shouldn't object to this because they can still use the airspace with almost equal ease - they just need to make a quick zone transit call"
While I have some sympathy with the 'who will pay argument' around LARS type services (a real requested service), and an understanding that sometimes density of traffic will make transits impractical, 'who pays' to use a mandatory service that resulted primarily from the 'expropriation' of common airspace for the benefit of a limited group of commercial operators is a poor argument. Worse it reinforces the perception of VFR pilots that controllers begrudge offering the transit.
mm flynn, that's precisely why I've objected to the airspace grab proposed by Coventry and also to the one proposed by RobinFinningleyHoodie International Chavport. We all know that the VFR transit assurances won't be honoured once LoCos start ferrying 737 loads of drunken yobs to various continental airports..
RobinHoodie wants enough airspace to facilitate radar vectors to 10 mile final. No doubt for the commercial benefit of their customers. Whereas all they really need is a descent from the overhead procedure with some protection given to approach lanes. It might cost the LoCos more, but it would reduce the level of Class G airspace theft they propose.
Anyone refused a VFR transit through Class D airspace should certainly submit a report!
RobinHoodie wants enough airspace to facilitate radar vectors to 10 mile final. No doubt for the commercial benefit of their customers. Whereas all they really need is a descent from the overhead procedure with some protection given to approach lanes. It might cost the LoCos more, but it would reduce the level of Class G airspace theft they propose.
Anyone refused a VFR transit through Class D airspace should certainly submit a report!
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Anyone refused a VFR transit through Class D airspace should certainly submit a report!
(Much as I'm pro transits in a safe manner to facilitate all airspace users there are those who abuse the situation
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however...and its not a moan or a rant but........there is a common belief amoungst PPL's (and i am one!) that they have a right to fly through class D airspace.
PPL's have just as much right to fly through Class D airspace as the chav carriers or anyone else. The airspace belongs to all users freely and equally unless we have become a police state while I was not looking.
As IO540 is fond of saying SHOW me a link to a legal reference that denies this right.
I agree that it serves to give priority to traffic under certain rules. But if you believe what you have said I suggest you give up both your PPL and your job as a controller.
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An aircraft shall not fly, take off or land within the aerodrome traffic zone of an aerodrome to which this paragraph applies unless the commander of the aircraft has obtained the permission of the air traffic control unit at the aerodrome.........
So if you have to ask permission, and that permission can be denied, it cannot be considered a 'right'.
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The rules of the air apply to anyone.
I ask AGAIN, show me where a PPL does not have the right to use Class D airspace.
Permission cannot be withheld without reasonable cause. We all have the RIGHT to use our soverign airspace.
I ask AGAIN, show me where a PPL does not have the right to use Class D airspace.
Permission cannot be withheld without reasonable cause. We all have the RIGHT to use our soverign airspace.
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I think the word/concept you are searching for is privilege. If you want a reference then read the ANO 2005. If you want to know what it means then make an appointment at the Citizens Advice Bureau
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Permission cannot be withheld without reasonable cause. We all have the RIGHT to use our soverign airspace.
Note that because it's quiet when you call, that doesn't mean that the airspace hasn't just been at capacity for a given period, or is about to become extremely busy shortly. On the flightdeck you will have no way of knowing.
There is no reason however why pilots who make a transit request in good time (a minute or two to the boundary would not be 'in good time' in my book) should not be told straight away what the score is. Either to expect a clearance, to expect no clearance for the foreseeable future (with a short reason provided), or to expect a clearance in X minutes due to YYYYYY.
As BEagle says, there is a conduit to report any entry refusal to the CAA. Feel free to make use of it, but don't necessarily be surprised if quite often there is a legitimate case made as to why entry is refused. There's a responsibility placed on the ATC unit to provide justification in each case to the CAA or else face the consequences.
Personally I have never had any problems transitting Class D airspace, with flexibility being the key to a successful crossing, either by accepting a slight delay, or suggesting a different route to the controller. Building up an air picture and letting the controller know you have traffic in sight and are happy to pass behind/above/below etc also gives hard pressed controllers a little nudge to think about more options.
Nice to see that snobbery is alive and well though ... lo cost being classed as Chavairs. The gin soaked ex forces officers of the world living in their own little days of the British Empire are just as worthy of scorn
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Yep, read the ANO. Please quote me the section where it states that a PPL is not entitled to access Class D airspace.
If you want to make a point and shut me up you merely have to point me exactly at what I am asking for which is merely a confirmation in writing under law that states that a PPL does not have the right to transit Class D airspace.
After all we know for a fact that anything that is not SPECIFICALLY excluded is legal. I merely want to see the exclusion.
It would be much simpler than trying to be a smart ass and point me at the CAB whom I assume know as much about aviation law as you seem to.
PPRadar, I am not arguing against the fact that the airspace may be at capacity and a transit may not be possible. I am merely being a pedant and wish to have it proved to me that a PPL is not entitled to use Class D or any other Class of airspace for that matter. The discussion here is about the standard of service that Stanstead provide (or dont as the case may be.)
If you want to make a point and shut me up you merely have to point me exactly at what I am asking for which is merely a confirmation in writing under law that states that a PPL does not have the right to transit Class D airspace.
After all we know for a fact that anything that is not SPECIFICALLY excluded is legal. I merely want to see the exclusion.
It would be much simpler than trying to be a smart ass and point me at the CAB whom I assume know as much about aviation law as you seem to.
PPRadar, I am not arguing against the fact that the airspace may be at capacity and a transit may not be possible. I am merely being a pedant and wish to have it proved to me that a PPL is not entitled to use Class D or any other Class of airspace for that matter. The discussion here is about the standard of service that Stanstead provide (or dont as the case may be.)
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Oh deary deary me.
A PPL is entitled to access Class D airspace once he has been given permission to do so by the controlling authority. Read the reference I provided earlier.
A PPL does not have a right to enter Class D airspace because your aircraft rating is a privilege which is entirely at the mercy of the CAA or whoever it is now granting the things. It's not a right as you originally claimed, since weaseled out of. Read the ANO, then something like the human rights act, and see whether flying a light aircraft is mentioned in our list of rights.
Now, I may well be a smart ass but at least I know what I am talking about. Whereas you definitely are, but you don't
A PPL is entitled to access Class D airspace once he has been given permission to do so by the controlling authority. Read the reference I provided earlier.
A PPL does not have a right to enter Class D airspace because your aircraft rating is a privilege which is entirely at the mercy of the CAA or whoever it is now granting the things. It's not a right as you originally claimed, since weaseled out of. Read the ANO, then something like the human rights act, and see whether flying a light aircraft is mentioned in our list of rights.
Now, I may well be a smart ass but at least I know what I am talking about. Whereas you definitely are, but you don't
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Originally Posted by PPRuNe Radar
Permission cannot be withheld without reasonable cause. We all have the RIGHT to use our soverign airspace.
Whilst LHR transits are handled by a separate controller, more to the point is that you can frequently contact Luton for a zone transit and you can hear the controller vectoring a number of closely spaced arrivals onto the ILS, yet they almost always manage to provide a crossing.
I suspect the reason Stansted act the way they do is that if they just tell you to standby and never get back to you then they don't have to log that as a refused transit - you've voluntarily changed your mind. If they were to actually tell you to bu**er off, then it'd have to be counted as a refused transit, pilots would be able to submit reports of refusals, and Stansted would have to explain their surprisingly high refusal rate.
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I go that way quite a lot.
Whilst I have never done so before I think it is time for me, and I would suggest everyone else, to start filing on Stansted zone transit "refusals".
Clearly they appear to be the exception in terms of the very poor service they give.
There is an intersting article in Flying this month talking about flow control in the States. The point was made that it is very very rarely the case the sky runs out of room, the problem is a lack of tarmac.
The artcile goes on to talk about airspace access and the proposal to charge in the States.
However, the point is made that when you drive along the highway do you get out of the way for evey commercial vehicle on the road because they are using the road for commercial purposes - bu**er me do you!!
Perhaps we should defend our rights of free passage more strenously?
Whilst I have never done so before I think it is time for me, and I would suggest everyone else, to start filing on Stansted zone transit "refusals".
Clearly they appear to be the exception in terms of the very poor service they give.
Just because the Eurocontrol flow management limits have been reached within a block of airspace, that does not mean transits are not possible.
The artcile goes on to talk about airspace access and the proposal to charge in the States.
However, the point is made that when you drive along the highway do you get out of the way for evey commercial vehicle on the road because they are using the road for commercial purposes - bu**er me do you!!
Perhaps we should defend our rights of free passage more strenously?