BoeingBoy wrote:.. how many people are really going to go out and use LPV minima over LNAV in the average UK GA fleet every day.
..the limits for LNAV are such that if you really needed LPV I have to ask why you were flying in the first place.
Commercial interests are different but even then we're talking about one or two airports with one or two third level operators being affected on a handful of days per year.
But if CPLs/ATPLs are going to have to master and demonstrate skills to fly to the lower minima, then aspirant ones are going to have to learn at a school with such facilities there or nearby. ISTR the FSs which trained ME/IR (and CPL groundschool) at Staverton sending students to fly ILSs elsewhere (at Filton, commonly) before Staverton had one. I believe there are CPL students training (and IR holders renewing) from elsewhere, and UK military training, using the Staverton facilities for various sorts of Approach. I regularly see them from our house and allotment (slightly South of the 27 IFR Approach, a bit closer than the FAF over Cleeve Hill). And these are happening in all weather conditions including CAVOK. As a 'proxy shareholder' (by virtue of living in Cheltenham Borough), I'm glad to see them: the Approach/Landing fees and fuel sale profits all add to municipal coffers
So maybe more than "one or two airports .. one or two third level operators .. on a handful of days per year" ?
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