Vectoring in and out of Heathrow
Huge and many apologies as I am sure within 10,000 posts this has been covered in great detail before....but... I can only get through so many at a time.
When I arrive or depart The Green and Pleasant Land, This Other Eden, This Sceptred Isle (ok, you get the idea), I notice that no matter what time of the day or night I seem to be given a ton of turns just a bit to the left or right. 220, 225, 240, 245, 260, 275 on departure etc. CPT 5J the other day with no less that 14 turns before we were headed direct to somewhere at that was at 5 p.m.
Even overhead at cruise when transiting the upper airspace vectors are common. No one on TCAS that I can see but that admitedly does not put me in the director's chair. I am sure there is a reason and would appreciate the word on this. Thanks