National CAA policies around Europe on busting pilots who bust controlled airspace (and danger areas)

DfT response posted here – confirms the enforcement varies with the time of the year.

It looks like lots and lots of UK pilots are reading this thread, because despite the discussion having been squashed (under CAA pressure, I am rather sure) on the main UK flying chat site, lots of people I talk to know all about the new CAA policy, Gasco, etc.

And, on a flight today around the south coast, at least 50% of aircraft had their transponders firmly turned OFF. So the policy is clearly working…

I can’t see how. The whole system is stuck up its own backside and almost everybody is looking after their mates.

I recently spoke to someone “in the system” and he said they did a study in the Manchester area and only a tiny % were non-TXP. Well, the southern UK is a long way from Manchester because we have always had a high % of non-txp traffic here, and it seems to be rising rapidly.

To prove it I would need a camera with a long lens but that would drop in the sh*t a load of flying school rentals. Actually one can do this by taking pics at the runway holding point.

And it would be pointless because anybody sitting at a radar desk around here can see it with their own eyes (unless their software removes primary-only returns OCAS).

I cannot blame anybody flying non-txp in the current environment.