Originally Posted by
PENKO
On the other hand, would you want to be blown towards downwind when ATC asks you to maintain runway heading? This is a never ending ambiguous discussion.
Airbus in their wisdom have given priority to fly on the runway track and I think that makes a lot of sense in the real world, whatever side you take in this discussion
It's not ambiguous, it's clearly spelt out in the rules. Heading means heading. If you drift, so be it, everyone else SHOULD be drifting as well.