Fuji and SAS display an alarming ignorance of what actually goes on within the Stansted zone and surrounding airspace, most of the time it's busier than you can ever imagine and at busy times it's manic.
Why is it whenever AT is criticised in any way certain stock standard comments come back?
Yeah, I know go and spend a few hours with .. .. ..
How do you know I haven’t?
Do you not gain some idea from my post that I do a reasonable number of zone transits and have some perception of when a zone is busy and when it is not?
Did you note the careful explanation I gave, and the point made that identifying the aircraft half way around the zone is useless.
To be blunt, if a transit might be possible, identify the aircraft as soon as possible and if you are not going to give a transit tell the pilot so - as soon as possible. It is not that hard really.
Strange thing - it makes your job easier and makes my job easier.