Bubbers44, what you have said may have been what occurred coming into Zante. Maybe it is me and just being used to standard approaches, I think the only other approach like that I have been on board the aircraft is going into Faro.
Coming into Zante we had a strong crosswind and it appeared to be a hot and high approach 9I think that is what it is called), the pilot made several circling movements, which i thought was the holding pattern onto the runway.
Oh and rainbow has not convinvced me this. Just my expeirence with planes has been limited to flying on a 734 globepsan, 3x753 thomas cook and A321 First choice. And when I was younger I flew a couple of BA 757's. On each of those flights the pilots have been much more talkative to the cabin,a nd going over what ahs occured (well not in the globespan and some Thomas cook flight's). Oh i probbaly should not be mentioning the airline names, sorry if I am not meant to.