Willow Arrivals AAAARRRGGH!!!
Ok, here's the thing: I must have flown to and from Dublin over a hundred times in the four years that I've been working for Flyer, if not more! My....bug..... is really with the return sector; we get cleared early on by Dublin dct strumble and soon after get transferred to two London frequencies before arriving at Hollow Willy with Director. The whole way between STU and about ten miles before Midhurst the we get given (no joke!) up to a total of ten radar vectors between the two frequencies, often no more than 5 degrees apart each time.
So, I get to STU and it's radar hdg 105dgs; followed five minutes later by 100dgs; followed five minutes later by 105dgs again; change frqcy to be told to return to 100dgs. Mostly it's right, left, left again, right a bit more, and this is EVERY TIME! The time scale between vectors is never quite so uniform and can span from 1 minute! to ten between 'em.
Right, so that I don't sound like a complete ignorant !!!! I know that it is a busy corridor both inbound and outbound for heavy traffic. I also know that the leg between Kenet and STU is a common corridor. However, what I can't fathom is: essentially I'm following the green line on my nav display; why don't you guys/gals just let us fly the prescribed route and save yourselves an awfull lot of calls and let us eat our breakfast in peace?
The only reason that I can think of that might explain it is that you are trying to seperate the blips to make them more readable on your screen, seeing as the route is two way.
Am I right or am I still a !!!! with a hat?
Anger and frustration is borne of ignorance and it would make my day a little easier if I knew what purpose it was serving.
Thankyou for the forthcomming insults in advance.
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