Extract from second reading debate (Lords) of the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill - Jan 27
Tuesday, 28 January 2020 07:32
Lord Davies of Gower (Con):...Controlled airspace in the UK,
especially around London, is currently very complex and not fit for
purpose. Much of the basic structure managing the skies above our
heads was created in the 1950s, as has been said, and is designed
to accommodate the performance of, for example, DC-3s, the old
Stratocruisers, Constellations and similar aircraft. Current
high-performance jets are a world away from these legacy airliners,
and our airspace must be updated to reflect...Request free trial
(Con):...Controlled
airspace in the UK, especially around London, is currently very
complex and not fit for purpose. Much of the basic structure
managing the skies above our heads was created in the 1950s, as has
been said, and is designed to accommodate the performance of, for
example, DC-3s, the old Stratocruisers, Constellations and similar
aircraft. Current high-performance jets are a world away from these
legacy airliners, and our airspace must be updated to reflect it.
Many of your Lordships will have seen the article in
the Times today detailing a new report,
commissioned by the Campaign to Protect Rural England which
suggests that aircraft noise is blighting the lives of more people
than the Government admit. Clever airspace design, facilitated by
the new review mechanism in this legislation, could be used to
address this problem and take many more people out of aircraft
noise zones...
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