Originally Posted by
Squawk7700
How it’s it done (can of worms?) at Melbourne’s Tullamarine as I understand that they do it in the big birds under specific conditions?
Yes, that's a big can of worms and very much thread drift. It's not only Melbourne but other controlled aerodromes as well. Operated at Sydney, pre-parallel runway operations. Used to improve efficiency / reduce delays. Safe as houses, until it's not - suggest the following.
Near collision at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport, HS-TMC and VH-HYC, 12 August 1991
SYDNEY 1991
Unsafe proximity and radar vector below minimum vector altitude involving a Boeing 777-31HER, A6-EBU, and two 737-838s, VH-VXS and VH-VYE, Melbourne Airport, Victoria, on 5 July 2015
MELBOURNE 2015