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Correct on both counts. No complaints about Manch tho. Sorry.
Babe.
Nobodys forcing you to read anything but sorry for droning on anyway. I've been over before and phoned up too. Made about as much progress as here.
Nudging steel.
There seems to be no wake issue but there's sometimes a bit of rock and rolling in the flare due to engine wash. Nothing serious tho. Personally I don't mind and as someone pointed out they need to try quite hard due to traffic volume. I prefer this to the over cautious' ultra safe approach at EDI- needless to say the Paris ATC ers are as safety minded as any others.
Swift.
Takes quite a bit of nerve I expect so hats off to those who manage it. Not the end of the world either if you get the odd g/a is it. I suppose GLA has much the same ATC environment/ difficulties that EDI has (although its maybe not as busy. They seem to be right on there game at GLA tho, at least to an occassional user like me. Why don't you copy some of their ideas?