Re: Handover already cleared to land
The Talkdown controller unfortunately would have just lost his ticket as you have to have passed a clearance before 2 miles. If he had said 'cleared to land 2 miles' fine but not the other way around. Staying off the centreline is what we aim for until approx 2 miles prior to DH, depeding on ac type. A nice converging heading from 8 miles is the best way. Finally the Tower controller should have replied with G---- you have been cleared to land, although unless you wished to go to tower I would have left you alone until you had landed and had the ac slowing down, then switched you to tower, after all no one else was using the runway.