Whoa there! I am as guilty as others at allowing 'thread drift' here and suggest that for the benefit of ATC we re-focus on the ACTUAL
range involved, which at LGW is just over 3 miles. It is all Cough's fault in post 107.
Hence it is the 'requirement' to go from 160kts to a 'stable' approach type configuration in less than 1 mile that occasionally causes the problem.
Suggest we leave RA's, LBA, JER etc out of it - I promise (and FNC
) The only time RA will be a problem is with raised ground on an approach which MAY require SOME airlines to be 'stable' earlier - not at LGW or LHR - how's that?