Handoff from who to who?
Peter, you have missed my point. Of course I know the airspace is uncontrolled. That said it doesn't mean ATC should be disorganised when serving flights at the edge of their area or "sector".
In this case it was clear the pilot wanted a service or else he would have left the frequency.
It is therefore also Shoreham's role to be proactive and not be lazy! Either monitor or ask the pilot to report at some departure VRP at their airspace boundary.
When reached you either initate handoff with adjacent sector or if clear he doesn't want any more service, allow him to leave the radio and get on with his merry way.
The most basic rules of air traffic control dictate that a controller MUST NOT allow their aircraft to enter another controller's airspace without proper coordination.
Because the "standard" of UK private pilot training is judged to be nowhere near good enough to allow the pilots to mix with airliners in the same airspace.
Then clearly UK private pilots are somewhat inferior. Bad teaching/syllabus?
At many places across the globe including at least one country with a very well developed GA population, everyone mixes quite well.
He was inbound, not departing.
The most basic rules of air traffic control dictate that a controller MUST NOT allow another aircraft to enter another controller's airspace without proper coordination.
Do you have a reference for that, for a Class G non radar ATCU?
