Why don't we normally teach IP joins?
The IP join is such a simple beast and yet it's rarely taught outside the military. I haven't noticed it in any of the usual flying training books (Thom, etc) and there isn't an appropriate R/T call published in CAP413. Does anyone have any views on why that might be?
My humble opinion is that straight-in approaches ought to be discouraged at uncontrolled airfields and be replaced by an IP join (to break onto the crosswind leg, or earlier if appropriate). The prime benefit is to give time to fit into the other traffic rather than b^&gering up the poor bod that you didn't see on base leg.
A standard R/T phrase would be needed, howsabout "finals to break"?
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