Irv Lee wrote:True but when there were GA schools and residents at Southampton, I used to be in my garden just west of Romsey vrp, and on a hazy day, viz about 6-7 km, and invariably I would spot the odd one circling overhead, having mistakenly thought that they had to ask for svfr in such vis, whilst others before and after were direct to right base vfr - and sometimes I had been the vfr inbound, having to watch out for the guy ahead who had been asked to "orbit outside" as he had asked for svfr without realising the predictable result
I may have said this before.....
Let the pilot declare what clearance they want in the Class D CTR and only when they get to the ATZ/Aerodrome Traffic Circuit (and ATC intervene) do Airfield Weather conditions come in to play.
Maybe the UK could call it something silly like “SERA” and align with the rest of the EU and Channel Islands.
The new (old) rules do not help. The new (old) rules are worse, believe me.
SERA makes the life of an ATCO a doddle. Surely it makes a well educated pilot’s life easier....?