I did silverstone in 1987, the year Mansell one i think..... It was busy as hell with twins mixed with singles on the light strip and all hell broke loose in the pm when we in the 365's etc asked for a back track...
ATC just could not cope, and in fact did not understand what the hell was going on.......
Have things not moved forward since then ?
We had 206's autorotating on finals to get in first and several were grounded by ATC because of their cavalier attitude
We even had a 500 join the circuit with no number/colour on a private hire, just busting in with no formal brief on a wing and a prayer.....
I moved 144 drunken swedes in and out over the day from Cranfield, including positioning to and from N.Denes at a cost of 9 hrs flying.
I have never enjoyed a days flying so much in my life....
Well done to all that survived..