Peter wrote:
The reason they are INFO is because, per ATC job demarcation / union-assured job protection, they are not radar qualified ATCOs, they are FISOs, which cost a lot less money, and since 99% of GA pays no route charges, nobody will pay the extra money.So they can see you but are not allowed to say so. Even if you were about to die they would not be allowed to tell you. And they certainly cannot discuss it openly.
Otherwise the solution for an approach controller would be trivial. London Info → London Radar
@Peter, I think right now they have access to “traffic awareness” screen.
And in some CAA papers about the future of the GA in the UK they were saying that London Info will get proper access and get trained to use radar.
Same paper showing that this decade we’ll get access to weather via UAT/FIS. :)))
