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Mighty Gem, The question of the LLC between EGCC and EGGP, was taken up by me with the man at the CAA who actually designed it (for want of a better few words), and after quiet a lengthy conversation he told me that the height was the best they could achieve without compromising the centre line for EGGP, the CAA agree that it is not the best height for safety, but went on to explain that they were more intersted in FW's than RW's, they wanted to offer a corridor that would take away from Manchester in particular, the need for any one in the LLC to use R/T to talk to the main airports , they go on to suggest that if pilots are unhappy with the 1250 alt, they can talk to EGCC App and request a higher alt, The man at the CAA said they had not really thought about the lack of Glidabillity on RW's and now he acknowledged that any EOL's in RW's could be a serious problem, he went on to say that it would be impossible to give even an extra 250ft to that max 1250, for that would have grave possibilities for both main Class A Airports, all this was confirmed by the CAA senior manager at EGCC a few days later, it seem that the idea was to give a known route to the North/South traffic that would be self controlling, the problem is nearly everybody Iv'e met in the LLC travels right along the centre line at 1250ft, far safer to Zone transit though Liverpool, ATC there are always brilliant! Seems the CAA can alter the rules to suit them, eh
