Hello Antigua,
Sorry but a family crisis has stopped me replying at length to the earlier post:
I would like to add some more clarity.
I don't need to calm down because I was never that worked up, well apart from greatorex's ill informed assumptions, for which he gracefully apologised.
I replied in support of my collegue, who filed the MOR because he thought it incumbent upon him to do so in light of the events........Not out of vindictiveness or any anger or unhappiness. I repeat he was perfectly happy to accomodate your request. So please lets nobody accuse this gentleman of doing something with some intent that was not there.
I am a bit surprised that you choose to re-iterate the point about go-arounds due to spacing.....I never said that go-arounds due to that reason do not occur, but the fact is that it is not the reason for the vast majority of goarounds...........to try to claim that is a bit demeaning to your so far itelligent and reasoned arguments.
I am a TMA controller by the way, so I really do not care much about final approach spacing............except when my erstwhile collegues screw it up and they fill up the holds (joke guys !!).
I won't answer the comment about thinking we are above criticsism, as frankly I find it a bit childish.
The feedback I passed on to you was the feeling of people at work, not mine personally, so please don't shoot the messanger......sorry if you don't like it but you did get the backs up of some of our Heathrow people, the way the mail was worded.
The fact that your name was contained in the mail sent to us, is really not relevant to a 1261, which is supposed to have assured confidentiality, and again, it was not me that was upset about it, but the individual who filed the report.........that is his perogative.
The controller concerned will not criticsise you if you meet him, because as far as he is concerned you did nothing wrong in the situation. The realtive merits of fuel loadings etc etc, are all above the remit of humble ATCO's.
Respectfully