Help me out here ...
Is it the UK CAA Air Nav Regs that recommends 1 min spacing or the UK MATS ..or does the UK MATS recommnedations get fully accepted by the CAA ANR's ?
Does the UK 1min then therefore supercede the ICAO recommendations? Is the recommended Wake Turb spacing separation minima freely available to pilots ...is it in the UK AIP ?
ICAO says two minutes should be applied ....and I feel it is the operators right to ask for extra spacing ...especially if what they ask for is the ICAO recommended minimum..not so ...
To be fair the operator should advise ATC prior to lining up what spacing they require....the guy/gal in the tower should not assume that 1 min will be accepted ..but should rather ask before committing themselves .....
Strange thing is, this is one of the few cases where it seems that the UK is less stringent than our US colleages ?? That's surely should say something ...I mean the US have been the instigators of reduced separations from the beginning of time ...put differently, I did not believe one could go any lower than the US minimas in anything ...they are already pushing the envelope far beyond what is reasonable
