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South-East UK nightmare
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 3:31 pm
by Sisemen
Re: South-East UK nightmare
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 3:38 pm
by Boac
Hmm! A touch of BBC 'over-hype' I fear. As for Mr Rolfe
"We can have them descend more steeply than they currently do because modern aircraft are more capable than the types of aircraft that were in service when this airspace was originally designed."What is he on? I hope he doesn't design much of the new airspace. I bet he has never flown in a Trident or prop driven aircraft................ or perhaps he was thinking of the BA777 that crashed at Heathrow...............
Trident story Alert Alert Alert....
Re: South-East UK nightmare
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:06 pm
by Cacophonix
Today was touted as one of the busiest days in CAA air traffic history!
Air traffic controllers are warning that UK skies are running out of room amid a record number of flights.
Friday is likely to be the busiest day of the year, with air traffic controllers expecting to handle more than 8,800 flights - a record number.
They have called for a drastic modernisation in the way aircraft are guided across UK airspace.
It comes as the government launches a discussion to shape the UK's aviation industry for the next 30 years.
Air traffic controllers expect to manage a record 770,000 flights in UK airspace over the summer - 40,000 more than last year.
But the ability of the UK's National Air Traffic Control Service (Nats) to deal with this surge is being stretched to the limit, it is claimed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40669144http://www.nats.aero/news/air-traffic-c ... us-begins/Caco
