Originally Posted by FlyingForFun
I agree that it is not the "done thing", but I can't think of a good reason for that, other than it's simply not something which people do on a regular basis. But I don't think it's a "waste the controllers' time", is it?
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Well, the point here is not so much tying up the runway (or the airspace for that matter), but rather that you do so for what is most definitely a 'jolly'. I've heard from more than one controller that this p
es them off. They feel their time is being wasted (and, IMHO quite rightly so), by someone who didn't
need to fly into a busy environment but just wanted a look around. These guys have enough workload as it is and fitting a spam can into the arrivals flow is dispruptive enough.
Btw,
markjoy, you're abolutley correct, expect to be asked to go as fast as you can.
ronnie,
I'm sure you'll enjoy the taxi and some Dutch hospitality
