Luton Airport Charges £1047 for GA Emergency Landing
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Whilst i accept that Luton has decided upon themselves to be excluded from the Strasser scheme, my submission would be that they still had a 'duty of care' to provide fairness and reasonableness.
I would argue that £1047 is not fair nor reasonable after being invited to land off the back of an emergency.
I would argue that £1047 is not fair nor reasonable after being invited to land off the back of an emergency.
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Whilst i accept that Luton has decided upon themselves to be excluded from the Strasser scheme, my submission would be that they still had a 'duty of care' to provide fairness and reasonableness.
I would argue that £1047 is not fair nor reasonable after being invited to land off the back of an emergency.
I would argue that £1047 is not fair nor reasonable after being invited to land off the back of an emergency.
I would strongly recommend that no pilot tries to land at Plymouth, emergency or otherwise! It is definitely not in the Strasser scheme.
Strasser Scheme
Is there a more authoritative source regarding which airports are, or are not, members of the scheme?
Do you have more info on this? This could have a major impact on any GA pilot trying to fly to a large range of European destinations. Even tin-pot little paces like Eindhoven want 250+ for a GA airplane to land.
There is no such 'scheme' as the 'Strasser scheme or convention'. Long, long before this mistaken notion took root, there existed an unwritten acceptance that a pilot in distress, weather related or otherwise, could land without financial penalty at the nearest most convenient airfield.
Long, long ago, means fifty or more years. There is no legality or illegality, no law or by-law, it is simply a widely recognised convention or, at least should be. The problem is that with the passage of time, aviation people conversant with this convention have either passed on or drifted away and the convention seems to have been largely forgotten.
Long, long ago, means fifty or more years. There is no legality or illegality, no law or by-law, it is simply a widely recognised convention or, at least should be. The problem is that with the passage of time, aviation people conversant with this convention have either passed on or drifted away and the convention seems to have been largely forgotten.
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There is such a scheme as the "Strasser Scheme", and Charles Strasser received an award from the CAA in recognition of it's success.
http://egnos-portal.gsa.europa.eu/si...tent/p5_14.pdf
http://egnos-portal.gsa.europa.eu/si...tent/p5_14.pdf
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I sent a communication to the Head of Luton Airport mentioned in the article....gist was....
if the article is true then Luton is off my Crimbo card and vist list for the foreseeable future. If it isn't true..just say so.
No communication has been received back.
if the article is true then Luton is off my Crimbo card and vist list for the foreseeable future. If it isn't true..just say so.
No communication has been received back.
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I don't think anybody will be in a hurry to land there, but it is still listed on the AOPA website:
Perhaps, though I believe they had to keep the runways serviceable according to their lease. But it is a concern: it's reasonable to check the NOTAMS for an alternate or two before a flight, but hardly reasonable for a pilot to check all the emergency airfields along a route. Also, how often should AOPA update its list?
OK... Looking at the list Filton is still listed despite clearly not being serviceable unless you're in a helicopter, in which case why would you need to divert to an airfield? They clearly do need to update their list.
