Originally Posted by
KelvinD
Thanks all for the replies.
Dave, in both cases, I was at the departure end of the runway and watched a static tail at the end of the runway and the approaching aircraft getting closer until the landings were aborted so, no doubt re the causes. Incidentally, I have seen a number of these at Gatwick recently and they all involved an aircraft still on the runway, some going around sooner than others.
I still wonder though, who will pick up the tab for the extra fuel used?
By a strange co-incidence, there is now a new ATS provider at Gatwick although some of the NATS staff did stay on. Any connection I wonder?
The NATS controllers at Gatwick were superb at managing runway occupancy; I was on a fam flight one day travelling on the flight deck, inside 4nm the tower controller got 2 departures away before we were cleared to land.