Obfus..., don't get so touchy. As the man said at the beginning of this thread, this is not meant to be an ATC vs Pilot thing.
This is becoming a genuine concern for ATC's. The pain in the butt readback is something that has to be done according to our company and GCAA procedure. We would love it if you could fly 250kts to 6 miles, you are probably "able" to, but not allowed to, because your company has rules and regs that if broken EVEN ONCE get you drinking tea in the chief pilots office. In the same way, if I let a lack of a readback slip every now and then and something goes wrong, I am the one suspended pending investigation and taking the consequences while the pilot is already on his next leg to wherever.
Regarding the EGKK single runway business. I agree, they are good at it and good for them. Once again, we are bound by rules and also an ever changing load of procedures as the airport here changes almost every two weeks during the different stages of construction. Unfortunately the pilots are not aware of the half of it, maybe that is also half the problem. Please take that into account next time you are judging the performance of the controllers here.
