Taking a step back, I'm rather wary of being so prescriptive as far as visual ccts are concerned.
Well yes, I think we've all been saying that, 212man perhaps more directly than most.
I do find it a little curious that somebody who implies that they have been a qualified service pilot, and now to be flying for an airline (which implies having passed a CPL skills test) has trouble with this stuff which I'd expect to have been thoroughly dealt with at both stages of training.
IIRC, the UAS and JEFTS syllabi on the Bulldog/Tutor/Firefly all included how to fly circuits at civil airfields. The CPL certainly does. In between doing service flying *may* have been more prescriptive, depending upon the aircraft type, but to quote an old RAF adage: "Flexibility is the key to air power".
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