Originally Posted by
TheOddOne
If I'm joining from the deadside, I do so AT circuit height and crossing at the runway midpoint
And do you do this even if you know there is other traffic joining the circuit, notably from other directions? Because if you do you're putting yourself straight in the path of traffic descending to your level on a deadside descent. Also, because it's non-standard, you'll be joining downwind at a point other than where other pilots on downwind will expect to see you.
I really don't understand what people's problem is with the standard overhead join as illustrated at the CAA url quoted above. It's STANDARD. If everyone used it we wouldn't have all these thousand-and-one personalised versions that each individual thinks is correct.
NS