Originally Posted by
blind pew
Heathrow mid 70s..followed a T3 in on westerlies. co pilot whinged that the distance to go informed by the approach controller was some minor distance out compared with his doppler driven distance counter..thought idiot as obviously had never visited the tower to see how the guys and girls worked. A month or so later he was found hanging in his garage.
I did a talkdown to touchdown using PAR one day and the pilot complained there was a least half a second between me saying 'radar touchdown NOW' and his wheels actually making contact.