Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
H'n'H,
But you're not in the circuit until you have actually joined the circuit...It seems that he was told to JOIN from the left but then ATC simply confirmed that any subsequent circuit (if flown) was to be flown to the right.
If you flew helicopters, or operated from a larger airport, you would have to become VERY much used to being told to do this sort of thing.
Indeed. I remember a local CAA safety briefing evening some years ago. The Speaker bringing excellent clarity regarding turn directions in the circuit, albeit based on the standard overhead join.
If the circuit is left hand, every future turn you make from entering the overhead to turning final should only be to the left. And conversely for right hand circuits. Obviously circuit orbiting should be an initial turn away from the runway, which flies in the face of this, but the general gist is sound.