Originally Posted by
TangoAlphad
Happens elsewhere. LGW Atco's know we often want 170-5 as with the short field performance mod we almost always would need to drop gear and F15 for 160. Drop the request with director on checkin and we usually get it.
Dialogue with the airline(s) resulted in STN now requesting 165 to 4 instead of 160, enabling a certain 737 operator to keep the gear up till 4 miles with flaps 5/10.
In other airports that request 160 I'd usually ask if 16x is ok and usually they're happy.