Originally Posted by slim_slag
At less than 2 mile final he was sent around because a commercial jet who was number two to land was coming up behind.
This pilot though ATC were great, so I sort of questioned him, but he still thought ATC were great so I thought he had a good time so why introduce doubts. Me, I'd have been cursing them as I followed all their instruction to the letter,
Can I point you to another possibility?
PPL was told "Keep it tight" and was passed the distance and type of the inbound. PPL then proceeds to fly normal circuit, normal speed with heavy boy tearing up behind?
I'm not saying that's what happened - but it does happen that way. This Flying / ATC relationship is a two way street. If you can't accept something a little out of the ordinary then
tell me and I'll formulate another plan. On the same basis if I've got a first or early solo in the circuit and it looks like a dead ringer from early on I'll ask the radar person for a couple of extra miles to make sure it works.
Slim - come and watch some day at a busy, combined GA and Commercial unit. I guarantee you'll leave with a slightly different opinion.