englishal wrote:
I have often wondered that myself (from a pilot perspective)...? Surely it must be pretty easy to allow zone transits 90° across the field over the landing threshold at a safe height? Most, if not all IFR traffic in and out will be on known or predictable arrivals or departures....
90 degrees to the threshold is the simplest way, the debate would be what is a safe altitude?
The safest altitude would be 1,000ft above the missed approach altitude, though at places like Stansted that would put the transit traffic in Class A, so not an option.
So, instead, you'd probably be cleared at a lower altitude and held if necessary such that at the time you're crossing the threshold there isn't IFR traffic on a shortish final that would conflict in the event of a go-around.
I await the armchair experts' views on this with interest
