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Skeleton
Indeed Beagle. At Leuchars a practice gear up approach was a requirement before you were checked out in the van. Runway controllers are the last check on things that others should have done or seen was the way my trainer described it to me.
Refer to my previous post- there were some issues discovered with the training programme at CWL ATC post accident.
I was told as well that the RWC was an SAC rather than a Cpl. Not saying that an SAC isn't up to the job but back in days of yore the reason a Cpl was in the van was to ensure a bit of experience and to hopefully ensure he/she had the maturity to act or make the call- even if in doubt.