Thanks for those excellent photo's Shetlander... Flying in and out of Sumburgh was almost a daily occurance for a few years back in the early '90's... such a commonplace thing I didn't think to take photo's... good to see it again ( from a distance ! )...as I said earlier, must have landed there a couple of hundred times and it was never the same place twice !
As regards the comment that prompted this thread.. I have no doubt that the guys operating up around the Scottish islands very quickly become above average stick and rudder pilots... it's a tough environment. Having said that, when the freight aboard is of the self-loading variety a bit of consideration might not be out of place... many pax are a little nervous though they'd rarely admit it and steeper than usual turns close to the ground, perfectly safe as they may be, can get their pulses racing so why not give it the extra few yards and soften it up for them... when you can.