moony wrote: "beagle, you are a twit. Flying a PA 28 at silly knots against a Tirstar returning from down-route with troops who wany to be with their loved ones, would you run the risk of having to send the Tristar around? No you wouldn't, but then you have never seen any view apart from your own."
I nearly took the bait and was about to leap to BEagle's defence with a rant about the inability of RAF controllers to effectively integrate instrument and circuit traffic. BEagle, however, is more than capable of looking after himself and besides, his reply is bound to be far more entertaining than anything I could manage.