Originally Posted by Gonzo
Our manual says that we stay on westerly ops until we get a tailwind of 5 kts due to westerlies being preferred for noise reasons.
Surely some mistake? Why are westerly approaches preferred when they take aircraft over the much more densely populated London suburbs of Fulham, Putney, Barnes, Richmond, Hounslow etc?! Surely easterly approaches would be better for "noise reasons"?
Adam