2 weeks ago I went Dunkeswell to Gloucester at about 11:30 am local, asked for a transit through Bristol which they gave me, albeit I was asked to descend to 2,000' and then handed over to Tower.
For the return flight, which was 3pm local at 3,200' and 35 nm from their zone:
"Bristol Radar Golf Alpha Fox for a Zone Transit"
...
The reply "Golf Alpha Fox, Bristol aren't doing transits at this time" { End of Transmission
}
So I popped the listening squawk on, descended to 1,400' and 'sneaked' under the CTA in amongst all the other traffic doing the same lunacy
... and sure enough "
Golf Alpha Fox your 12 o'clock traffic 2 miles approaching at the same level as you"
Knocked the auto pilot off to avoid the twin heading straight for us.
only a minute later came the next call "
Golf Alpha Fox just to remind you, the Bristol QNH is 1008" which I took to be a polite way of saying "
You're getting rather close to our zone"
2 weeks later, I'm still seething now tbh Everywhere I go I ask for transits, specifically so that I don't end up in situations like that. I wouldn't mind so much, but to be just shot down with no negotiation or anything ... it's bad form!
And this time 2 bad things very nearly happened as a result
xtophe wrote: Have you thought about filling some FCS1521 forms ?
Thank you for the link btw I'd seen this before on another thread moaning about Bristol, but haven't got round to searching it out ...