I have been hearing quite a bit about the approach separation at Gatwick. It appears that there are 2 hold patterns, light/medium and heavy, and aircraft are queued in accordingly with a 4nm separation, then tactical, (by that I mean the different aircraft approach speeds can lessen or extend the 4nm separation.)
Is this an accurate description of how Gatwick ATC does this?
From a pilots perspective...how does this work for you operationally?...it would appear that according to wake turbulence standards, this close of a following distance would cause issues, I just havent really heard of any....
thanks for any and all responses...
