How strange that this topic should suddenly appear!!
I was sitting at the holding point at Orange H.Q. a couple of days ago waiting for an aircraft to land. (We presumed this because ATC had merely told us to hold position when we reported ready for departure).
Gazing up the final approach path we spotted an aircraft in the distance that appeared to be manoeuvring randomly (or so it seemed) and getting closer. We therefore surmised that we were being held because of an unidentified intruder.
As it got closer and much to our surprise, it became evident that it was one of Stelios’ finest, vigorously performing a series of “S” turns and side-slips in order to lose height. The determination to “get in” was obviously paramount and quite alarming.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but the only reason that I can think of to perform such prolonged and extreme manoeuvres would be in the “loss of all engines” case.
Unless there are pertinent details that I’m not party to, this was the worst case of commercial flying I’ve seen in more than two decades.
As M. Mouse quite rightly suggested, the PROFESSIONAL thing to do is GO AROUND.