Thu Jul 22, 2021 7:34 pm
#1860547
RisePilot wrote:They don't have to re-invent the wheel. The CAA already have this software; it was used for Heathrow CTR entry prior to COVID - it worked fine.
To the best of my knowledge the CAA do not have any such software. Why would they? They are not the Air Traffic Service provider.
NATS did trial a GA portal for pre-notification of low level access requests to Heathrow, Gatwick, London City, Luton and Stansted but this finished over a year ago.
IF (and it is a big IF for me) it is definitely necessary for an ANSP to receive a prenote via a Flight Plan for a airspace transit, then this is far better achieved via a common international standard ie. a Flight Plan. Modern flight planning interfaces such as SkyDemon actually make this very easy to achieve.
Who can forget the superb, simple and free flight planning interface delivered by SkyDemon via SkyDemon Light during the Olympics?
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