Originally Posted by
arvindasija
He suggested a heading even when the pilot was established on final, during the first approach.
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The trainee, with whatever limited wits ( and vocabulary) repeated the availability of both runways. The availability of the runways had probably been conveyed to him by the tower controller and the trainee radar controller has repeated the same twice.
1. At 3500’ ~ 5 miles gear up one can hardly be properly established. Thats why he offered heading to lose that altitude which should have been around 2000’. Even with pilots report of “established“ I'd be somewhat alert tbh
2. it doesn't take a trainee to repeat smth after a Sup or a Tower controller. Easily happens to many controllers under stress . Yes , even to most skilful ones. Saw it many times in different radar rooms around the world. People’s reactions to a stress can be unexpected at time. I once saw a person 30+ years of experience putting the headset down in emergency and getting up from working position.