Yet another story detailing the “overcrowding” of the skies above Britain has surfaced, with pilots reportedly saying the approach to the UK’s airports resembles “surfing the rapids in a canoe”.
The Sun newspaper quotes comments reportedly made on a pilots’ website “bulletin board” that radio frequencies used for air traffic control are too busy. One air traffic controllers is quoted as saying: “Many of our frequencies are getting overloaded and the problem is getting worse, not better. There is barely enough time for a basic service provision and the problem is getting worse, not better.”
A pilot reportedly answered: “On a busy frequency the concern is that we may be unable to interject with s safety-critical message.”
And The Sun quotes David Luxton, of the air traffic control union Prospect, as saying that the situation would be even worse during the peak summer season, adding: “There are more and more planes in the skies with the growth of budget airlines.
Report by Tim Gillett, News From Abroad
