1. The 747 didn't work Thames - or ANY of the Biggin AIr Fair Traffic.
2. NO idea about your climbing Citation!
3. Runway 10. There are no changes to procedures for the approach.
Quite simply, if there are departures of 10 (
RED!) that climb to 3000ft (They have to because of the CAS) then there is no way you can go downwind left, north of the field. (Inbounds
BLUE) Our Manual of Air Traffic Services says that you have to be level at 2000ft and at 180 kts or less by the time you are abeam the field. In the good old days we could go straight ahead off 10 (or rigth turn outs) but that has changed and aircraft must stay on the SID.
The CTA doesn't actually make a difference: Indeed, part of the local enquiry was that aircraft wouldn't actually be vectored on any different profiles, it just offers more protection for the traffic (esp 10 departures).
Mike - NO planes are preffered over an another. Certaianly not a Flyer! It is just luck how you arrive. LAM releases are becoming rarer (But pilots still bitch when told there position in the sequence despite LAM releases cutting 30-40 miles off the STAR!)
In short, LCY is just too busy nowadays to be as creative as once we were........