Big Pistons quotes:
The US statistics are that the third approach is up to 15 times more likely to result in an accident than the first.......
This is an astonishing statistic, and seems to substantiate the 'advice' but I have to say, I always felt some annoyance at being
refused an approach when I would be the only one with the required overall information to make such a decision.
Having said that, in 40 years it never came up, but it annoyed me anyway.