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Old 27th April 2006 | 08:30
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ruserious
 
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Well we have got nicely off the topic here and into comparing who's airport is busiest to justify the use of inappropriate terminology.
Well I guess if you can't beat them.....
ANA, LGW is not a full 24 operation like DXB, due to noise quota's it virtually closes down at night (between 2330-0600) to a trickle of traffic. So any statistics are useless, unless you do a peak hour comparison.
Which brings me back nicely to my original point. Go to LGW and listen to the calm precise ATC, in a high density single runway operation, without the use of expedite, late landing clearance and immediate every 15 seconds.
And when things do go wrong at LGW and there is a go around, it stays calm and precise. In the few go arounds I have had in Dubai, controllers have been insistent on getting a reason for the go-around from us, while we are still in the middle of carrying out a dynamic and busy procedure. The safety issues associated with this are obvious.
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