Our FISOs have got it correct. If an a/c calls long final they are politely requested to report short final and reminded that there are aircraft in the circuit and will likely be allocated the runway.
Long final does not have priority (also as stated in various cap docs) and I am happy for students to turn in front as long as there is safe separation.
If a candidate on test did a long final (I offer the rejoin as their choice) while there was established circuit traffic I would almost certainly fail that section! The CAA staff examiner did this to me (pretending to be the candidate) to see if I would fail him, which I did.
Long final meaning over 4nm.
Last edited by Broadlands; 5th Jun 2015 at 21:17.