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Old 12th Jun 2013, 16:04
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SloppyJoe
 
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Hundreds of words have been written in various threads about sequencing, but the same old s**t keeps coming up. All I can say to you is:" How far ahead (both in time and distance) did the preceding aircraft land before you, and how far behind (in time and distance) did the following aircraft behind you land?" You're not the only bird in the sky and sequencing is not the only issue here.
This is the problem, you think everything is fine as you got the arrivals spaced as you wanted. Our goal as pilots is to fly efficiently and when you get a big shortcut you have to get rid of a lot of energy, this is not an issue if it is a true shortcut but to then be given vectors or other time increasing instructions it is just a huge waste of fuel. It annoys a lot of us as it appears to be an incompetent method of ATC, simple as that. The end result may be ok for you but it always leaves us thinking WTF was that all about, why a shortcut then a vector, why increase speed then a vector, why slow down then a shortcut, why speed up to enter a hold.
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