2100' is a good height, you don't have to call for any MATZ or ATZ stuff 'cos you're outside 2 & 2, you're above the Womans Auxiliary Balloon Corps and generally above the turblience :E

Most of this 2500ft thing is down to training , its a no brainer for the instructor to tell the student not to go above 2400ft in the London area and the chances are the student will not get into CAS.

Going high with a student opens up a whole new bunch of other things that the instructor might have to tell the sutdent about .... like transition level/altitude , the fact that navigation is so much easyer , better radar cover , better radio range for nav aids , less trafic and god forbid !!!!!! the student may have to learn to use the mixtue control ?!!!!!!, ( for most of you that is the red on/off lever ).

It's sad to say that most of this is down to poor training and lazy instructors who just fly the same 2500 ft training X-C flights whatever the weather and wont go high to get a tailwind for instance.

True... unless the elevation of the airfield is over 100'. I know much of Britain isn't exactly mountainous, but there are still plenty of ATZs that extend above 2100' altitude. And the last time I looked, a MATZ extends a little higher than that in any case.....

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