This is why, when I'm at work I like hearing those 3 magic words from pilots - "Request visual approach"
BMI Baby crews used to do it quite often in the evenings as soon as they became number 1 in sequence. I hear a few Atlantic Airlines pilots do it but not many others at all (bar the flying school of course) which is a shame as the RYR cadets spend a week here just flying visual circuits all day in a B738 but I havent once heard a scheduled RYR flight go visual, only ever remaining on the RADAR vectors.
Last edited by Burnie5204; 12th Jan 2013 at 10:11.