opnot, don't take it the wrong way. I obviously missed the required smiley.
. I completely understand it is on a workload permitting basis.
My point was that from reading on PPRUNE Manchester seems to allow transits less frequently than other class 'D' zones which means most of the time it is just better off just going around. This may just be hearsay.
Personnally I relate flying through class 'D' here in the UK as being the same as class 'C' in the US. However, over there I would always plan direct and be quite happy to accept vectors or altitudes to "stay out of the way".
For example, I was flying with a friend a couple of years ago from Huddersfield back to Liverpool. We were talking to Manchester and identified on radar. We were just skimming North of the zone and due to a slight error in nav
we skimmed a bit to close by about 1/4 of a mile into the zone. Suffice to say we got a bit of a lecture.
Fair enough, it was our fault, but we were radar identified and known traffic. Therefore (1) I would rather just be notified of my slight error in position and just cleared into the airspace if I was no factor or just told to (2) s%d off.
I definately think option (1) encourages safer flying and more co-operation.
Also, I can quite understand it not being easy to thread us through traffic on final approach, but would you be more likely to clear us through the overhead.
FIS.