Situation that annoyed me, aircraft ahead and us in circuit asked to extend downwind, for aircraft joining long final. We were already further downwind than normally. Atc asked final traffic it's range.....6 miles!!
I said i was orbiting downwind, no one behind.
Ridiculous.
If my aircraft was solo student how far downwind would they have gone, far enough to lose site of the airfield?
More than 2 in arrivals should join overhead.