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Old 24th Sep 2011, 19:41
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I wonder what the ATC side of the enquiries will look like?
When I was at school, I got a b*llocking for looking out of the window.
When I was doing Aerodrome ATC, I got paid to look out of the window.
Having said that, looking at inbalance's superb landing video, the angle of both the touchdown points from the VCR appears to be fairly simil
We must have had the same teacher...

The tower is on the north side of the runway, facing south into the sun, to view the runways. Depending on the ergonomics of the tower controllers position, adequate sun shading/blinds, dirt on the windows etc etc, there's the potential, (regardless of workload) that the tower controller may have had a compromised viewpoint to notice any missalignment.
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