I have raised the issue of Heathrow arrival noise endlessly- all without any sensible conclusion!
Why do westerly arrivals deploy gear so early? Currently thanks to Covid there is a significant reduction in arrival traffic
but all, apart from more attuned BA pilots, all deploy their gear far too early for the noise sensitive residential mass.
Why does not London ATC and more significantly Radar and Approach Channels encourage later deployment?
There are no speed issues usually in these days of lower traffic and yet observation from 20 mile finals sees early
deployment on over 80% plus traffic. The worst British examples are Virgin arrivals who seem determined always to be crossing my abode with gear and I live
9nm plus from touchdown!
Lest I get the clownish responses from previous ignorant website members I should point out that I have been a military and commercial pilot of big fast jets for over 40 years and well versed in Heathrow practice.
Please ATC, encourage better noise observation on all major airport arrivals!!