Sun Oct 03, 2021 5:59 pm
#1874466
James Chan wrote:If it doesn’t require permission to enter it
Anyone can get caught up on the technical detail in various ways, but since I started flying almost 15 years ago, I have always been aware that if A/G or AFIS says “standby” or my request for airfield information has been ignored and no other alternative arrangements have been made, then technically no such “permission” has been granted to enter the ATZ.
I don’t think the CAA has changed its position on this, but just upped its game with following up with infringements, perhaps driven by the number of risk bearing incidents within an ATZ and wants to be seen as doing something “useful”.
No such “permission” has been granted because it has never been required, and if it had been then legislation should say so.
In my nearly 40 years of flying the CAA has very much changed its position. “Infringements” of class G airspace were unheard of until maybe 6 years or so ago and coincided with a notable staff change at the CAA.
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