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19th February 2012 | 10:01

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effortless

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Olympics, restrictions

Anything been published yet. Heard its causing a bit of bother at NATS.

19th February 2012 | 10:04

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AIP Supplements will be published next Thursday, 23rd Feb.

19th February 2012 | 10:17

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Ta, should be interesting reading judging by the amounts of money being bandied around. None of it will have a life post Olympics.

19th February 2012 | 11:09

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None of it will have a life post Olympics

Don't kid yourself.

The security types have been looking for an excuse to tighten there grip on uncontrolled flight for years. And once they have everything in place don't expect it to just be binned.

19th February 2012 | 15:39

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You cynic. However, with the rollout of Skydemon Lite FPL submission free of charge, they could just leave that in place, then say 'what's the problem, we made it easy for you...'

Tim

19th February 2012 | 18:24

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Leaving the new FP process in place is a definite pissabolity (and one i dread), but the reality is unlikely, at least in the short term. Surely the cost alone would make it prohibitive. Please?