Originally Posted by Single Spey
care to comment in their professional opinion as ATCOs, on whether the Approach and Aerodrome controllers successfully coordinated and integrated joining and Circuit traffic?
The simple answer to the above is yes. There was nothing wrong with the plan, which would have worked in its original form.
As for what happened after - it's all been said here already, there's no point saying it again.
Originally Posted by bookworm
The student solo training regime comes from the days when the most complex instruction a student would get would be a red flare, and pre-dates the situation where training takes place at moderately busy regional airports.
And? The deciding factor is still the same. We're all forgetting here that the student doesn't go solo when he thinks he's ready, but when the instructor thinks they are. That decision is taken into account knowing full well the traffic and situations the student is likely to encounter. After all - it's his licence on the line, nobody else's. If the place is more complex, the solo stage takes longer to achieve.
If it aint broke - don't change it. And, if done properly, the system aint broke.