Thanks
Pilot Pete,
Thank you for the info - it is indeed very helpful.
Regarding the spacing on final, and by the way, I am not from or working in the UK, our spacing criteria is as follows: (Somewhere in ME)
30 nm in trail between arrivals if there is a departure in between.
20 nm in trail with no departures.
Parallel runway ops suspended.
Arriving aircraft must be established (vectored) outside 10 nm from TD at a speed not above 210 knots.
Departing aircraft must have crossed the LOC antenae at the upwind threshold before the arrival reaches 10 nm from TD.
Approach ban policy - need 350 m RVR at 1000 feet for CAT II approach.
Runway incursion alarms active (GMR/SMR)
etc.
cheers
Fart