opnot
Great point, well made. The biggest pressure for the reduced spacing at LHR is ABSOLUTELY the airlines. If the landing rates drop below certain levels you can watch the clock and guess when they're gonna call.
I appreciate the point that bigpants is trying to make, but to throw stones at ATC from his glass house is a little bit difficult to take. After all, we're providing THEM with the service that THEY request. And if the airlines request the tightest possible spacing then they had better tell their pilots to expect to expedite off the runway.
P7