Aberdeen ATC are in my opinion very good. There is however one individual that can, on occasion, come across shirty and direct. Can't take it too personally as its obviously just their nature. No issues with his controlling though.
Not aiming this at you MrHorgy, but I often wonder what visiting crews are expecting when they come to Aberdeen. I get the impresion that many crews don't realise how busy Aberdeen actually is. Couple the traffic with the fact that every aircraft wants to fly at different speeds (ranging from 90kts-250kts), I reckon ABZ ATC do a very good job.
In the last year the two go-arounds that I've done are at ABZ on 16 and both due to runway occupancy. If you have slowed abeam 32 it's still a fair distance (uphill) & time to vacate at the end. Lots of sweaty moments for the controllers I would think.
ps Major creep But whats the score with the airfield DME? Any idea when it's due back?
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