Originally Posted by Check Airman
this heavy comes in and says he needs even more spacing than normal because of some stupid rule that an office-dweller came up with. You really cannot expect to operate into a busy US airport with that sort of restriction.
Speaking of office-dwellers:
Originally Posted by YT Comment
ATC used to be able to set aircraft up for the ILS even in visual conditions and get visual separation with the aircraft beside them.. that rule changed due to interpretations from people who don’t work traffic and now they can’t. These controllers are doing what they’ve been told to do by FAA management.