Hi all,
Sorry if this has been asked before....clearly my skills on searching the forum will need to improve. A minor disagreement the other day on the flight deck re place in the hold and subsequent EAT Vs time of entry into the hold.
Steaming on into LGW on a TIMBA and told to expect to hold. As PNF went into auto RT mode and asked if it was ok to come back to min clean. Was given the thumbs up by ATC but then the PF was concerned that we would be overtaken in the hold by other callsigns screming into the hold. AS it turned out another operator went past us but and entered the hold a couple of mins before but was issued an EAT later than us.
Was this just by chance or is there an 'order of battle' created before aircraft enter the hold? Does slowing down to save fuel mean giving up your EAT to someone else?
Had to hold at DAYNE a few days later due to the repair works for 30 mins or so but decided to burn more fuel and get to the hold asap so as to secure a place..... or so i thought.
TaRa for now