ls8pilot wrote:..one friend of mine was told to submit a freedom of information request!
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These can, if properly phrased, be a very powerful weapon. However, they can be asked only of 'public bodies' within the meaning of UK FOIA. RAF Brize Norton, the MoD, Oxfordshire County Council (Kidlington Parish Council, if there is one) etc are 'public bodies', but a private consultation organisation, and 'Oxford Aviation Services Ltd' (who, according to me latest Pooley's, run Kidlington) would not be .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_o ... n_Act_2000Ah, but .. Requests for information can also be asked of
any organisation, public or private, whose activities are licensed/regulated or devolved by any echelon of government
if those activities have an environmental impact. Almost any aviation-related activity will have such impact. These, too, if properly phrased, can be a powerful tool. One might ask about historic movement data or Avgas/JetA1 sales volumes, and about any internally held documents illustrating projections of future movements/sales. But the Environmental Information Regulations are in UK law as a consequence of our membership of the EU, and may therefore disappear when we leave ..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environme ... tions_2004
(mere guide at) Jet Age Museum, Gloucestershire Airport
http://www.jetagemuseum.org/TripAdvisor Excellence Award 2015
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction ... gland.html