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Appreciate it’s a tricky and technical process, however I do think that the decision to charge the potentially affected area is due to a change in direction whilst the council (and Trax International) are trying to figure out the best way of achieving what they want. Clearly, and in spite of the...

If that’s the case I think we all know how likely that upgrade is. Does that therefore mean that the ‘airport city’ concept will have to be scaled back on planning grounds? We were told it’s vital weren’t we? I suppose there are far more pressing projects that are actual capacity now...

The rumour that people might like the most though is that RL had hoped nobody would buy it so he’d be able to re-acquire it through some kind of apparatus (loophole?). Rumours suggest the anger in the Louth area was palpable 😉 I won’t pretend to know what’s actually going on because the people...

Well the latest LinkedIn post I’ve seen is actually a comment by the Local Democracy Reporter at YP with their link to the statement made by the chamber of commerce over the ACP. It’s by an aviation consultant who appears to have quite a lot of experience and I will post verbatim as a quote with...

Well there are a couple of problems here. One is the shift in focus away from passenger flights which, we’re told, will be happening anyway (by Ros Jones), but that now to Chadwick they’re not important because freight is where it’s at. I don’t think the majority of people supporting this will...

Thanks for your insight from a paraglider perspective. I’ve not seen anything from the LAA on this (though I’m sure they’ve had input), but the BGA seem to be prepared to challenge it based on proportionality and historic under performance, I think other airports could have an issue with it if...

Either he or the Council appear to have possibly misunderstood the meaning of stakeholder. From what I gather the council will have needed to send this to any affected party, be it on environmental or noise grounds, or indeed other airspace users. Just because a car mechanic says he approves...

In that case then it basically confirms they’re taking the do nothing approach. Risky as if the CAA reject that it will be back to the drawing board resulting in very lengthy delays. Link to the article if anyone is interested...

My understanding of FASI-North is that it will need to take more airspace to enable separation and allow for more environmentally friendly CDA’s with narrower ultimate approach routings but resulting in less level offs etc.. is this the case? If this is so then I envisage that it might require a...

Well any perceived favouritism or willingness for the CAA to circumvent their own procedures would probably open it up to a judicial review. I’m sure MAN and LBA in particular will be watching this with interest as the routings will need to take into account the demand for improved efficiency at...

Yes, I seem to recall the backlash from the LAA when HUY (under MAG) had the audacity to commence ACP for Class D. Far less restrictive and more in line with the CAS at Teesside in terms of the footprint, alas it was dropped in 2009 when the financial crisis had started to bite anyway and...

British Gliding Association, a thorn in the side of any ACP. They had previously pressed the CAA on the DSA issue when DSA was still operational, as the CAA themselves said on a post implementation review in 2017 that the size of airspace awarded was inefficient given the number of movements...

Notice that the ACP has been updated again today, with the ‘potentially affected area’ on the map now expanded to effectively reflect the previous airspace as was under Peel. They will of course now be pushing the narrative that the Scampton zone is now gone, but still.. Seems they’re intending...

I understand a challenge(s) could take many months to resolve, so as you say not set in stone.

It’s not the airport. It’s nothing to do with the airport. Meanwhile...

Imagine a new start up trying to gain the interest of investors by pitching the idea that, whilst the market is contested and its based in a less affluent part of the world with a lower propensity to fly and a lower population, then justifying it by saying ‘but we’re better, we believe in...

Makes you wonder why airlines even bother flying to Birmingham doesn’t it, what with its known susceptibility to crosswinds and it having to close when it snows…

No AI used it as part of an example of why the argument for reopening DSA is flawed, and given what we’ve seen at Teesside I can’t personally argue with that conclusion. AI looks at the evidence, given that it doesn’t know the intricacies of the public spending and so draws the conclusions it...

To be honest I don’t really care on this thread which is about DSA, people can argue the toss over Teesside elsewhere. I was using the example of the Peel vs Bmibaby case to display that Peel did in fact do the old ‘Peel Deals’ and their failure to attract business was not born out of...

People in this case being a well known AI system. I didn’t want to thread drift but in the interests of transparency I asked this system what its sources were to conclude its financial assessment of Teesside Airport. I will cut and paste exactly what it said as a quote. Forumers can make of...