Holding at PIGOT
Hello Folks,
Maybe a blindingly daft posting, and I'm not in your industry but...
Can anyone suggest in what circumstances and how frequently the new PIGOT hold for East Midlands might be used?
I would have thought that EME/EMW would be able to absorb most of the traffic. As it seems to do from occasionally with up to 12 inbounds close together some evenings. Or so I recall.
I can only think of a scenario such as a sudden runway closure, or delays due to snow clearance, etc. In which case I'd guess that most commanders may decide to divert.
This is all driven by the fact that my inlaws live in the vicinity of the new PIGOT/UPDUK pattern, and there is quite a strong local feeling of "yikes, the skies will be full of noisy aircraft". I think they fear VC10s and TU154s batting round at 3000ft, not realising that they will have new generation aircraft at FL80 and above.
bd331