Meikleour - essentially correct.
The 'rushed circuit' gave too short a 'finals' to allow the
mandated distance to establish. The resultant 'hunting'(What's it doing now'?) was the sircraft performing 'what it said on the tin' ! Super aircraft, DLC was excellent and the autoland was exceptional. It was the first type I tech instructed on at Cranebank and held a small, but definite preference over the subsequent 747 - Classic and 400. The flight deck was 'Texan sized' and the flight deck observer's seat was perfect. Chatting to the Fleet manager he reminisced on a double LHR- CDG one day where the only time he saw the ground was taxying in and out at either end !
