Sequencing into LHR
This morning at 06:00 I noticed on FR24 that all LHR arrivals were very well sequenced so that each airplane almost made a straight in approach, with no holding orbits. This spacing seemed to occur well before the Irish Sea, so not whilst in contact with LHR Tower. The inbound stream from the East was also well merged with those from the West.
So the question is... Do they have onboard telemetry which is linked to the LHR sequencing computer, which tells them when to slow down or speed up..?
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And I suppose the follow up question is... Could this telemetry ever be connected to the Autopilot...?
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