Originally Posted by
HEATHROW DIRECTOR
My feeling is that every pilot should consider his base airfield to be "best".
Sadly not the case at mine. Was put in a sticky position by ATC on approach once last year. Both of us on the flight deck could see that there was a 95% chance of it not working out, so weren't surprised when we had a very late go-around, despite being given landing clearance with the departing a/c still on the runway...
Just last week we were vectored all over the sky with just two a/c (us and another) on approach, for no reason whatsoever. It was a gin clear night, so we could see there weren't any other a/c to affect.
So, I wouldn't say that my base ATC is the 'best'.