Are you saying my opinion isn't relevant because I don't fly "heavy transports operating out of large busy airports"?
Yup.
It's quite common to be on late finals with the runway still occupied. About 200' is the latest I've got a clearance in Australia.
In the US and UK you generally get your landing clearance with the runway still occupied. I can't remember or be bothered to find the exact wording from the state AIP but it's standard operating procedures.
A go-around due to the runway being occupied is a complete and utter non-event.
AT least the PPRuNe community is starting to get jack of these threads (see the responses above (and below now!!)). Any chance we can get this thread locked as well?
