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Old 26th Jul 2004, 13:14
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bookworm
 
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No, they have got used to being nannied. And they should NEVER "tweak the circuit a little wider"' they should continue in the normal circuit pattern, giving way to any traffic on final which has landing clearance by going around as necessary.
Presumably you're not suggesting that an aircraft should simply continue flying the same circuit pattern, completely unmodified until it finds a gap big enough to land in or runs out of fuel?

So what options for modifying circuits to fit in with other traffic do you approve of and why? I can think of the following, but there may be more:

Extending upwind
Extending downwind
Flying wider (and what is the standard width then?)
Flying narrower
Changing speed
Overtaking
Orbiting
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