Retired UK air traffic controller speaking. The UK is not the wild west. We treat safety seriously – just look at the recent spate of incidents and accidents that have occurred in the “free” USA. If an aircraft approaches UK airspace without making radio contact the response will always be to scramble QRA fighters. Especially from the direction of the evil empire that is east of us. It is only right that the law is applied and a fine levied. No one was “jailed” and the flight was not VFR it was operating on an IFR flight plan. I do despair of a former respected country and its current scary approach to aviation safety and world affairs.
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