Why does only UK give 'track miles to run'?
LHR always give the number of track miles to touchdown on giving a descent below transition level. Do they have special technology to do this, as they seem to be the only people that give this valuable information.
Going into Madrid the other night, given the notorious 'downwind snatch', plus kept high and fast. Asked how many track miles to go, and the guy didn't know! No wonder we have so many 'interesting approaches' into some of these airports. He obviously asked someone else, and came back a minute later.
My point is that he was giving descent and speed control without knowing how many miles we had to touchdown! How do LHR get this info. and why doesn't anybody else seem to know (or care it seems)?