Originally Posted by
pattern_is_full
Some assumptions here that would never have crossed my mind:
- that ATC for a terminal area with, what, 2000+ movements a day, would associate every single flight number with a specific destination (beyond what's filed). I mean, outside of BAW001 or something equally obvious. I'd bow to input from one of our ATC friends, of course.
Also, around this time of the year (although it's usually after the clocks change) all the flight numbers change. And even if the controller thought for a second, hang on that flight number is odd... you see a different carrier operating it, the flight plan looks normal, everything looks fine and don't think much else of it.
I was also thinking it might have seemed strange to have 2 Edinburgh flights departing at short interval, but then again, it's Monday morning, ATC have no idea of what plans the airlines have with regards to positioning, etc. All sorts of unusual movements happen all the time!