Originally Posted by
HEATHROW DIRECTOR
Controllers don't wind you all round the skies for fun. They are constrained by the daft regulations to suit the anti-noise brigade. That said, I worked for many years with a colleague at Heathrow who blatantly ignored the "established no later than 10DME at night" rule. Nothing happened to him.
Unfortunately we are now living and working under a very different set of conditions.Regulations are proposed,well thought out arguments are offered by professionals as to why they may not be such a good idea,regulations are established.Woe betide you if you do not conform....real woe.