Originally Posted by
Aluminium shuffler
UK adherence to EU dictat was enforced far more rigorously and unfairly than anyone else's, so your idea that we didn't follow the rules is very, very mistaken.
Wake turbulence separation procedures in the UK are very different to ICAO/EASA standards.
EG in most of the world a 757 is a medium when following, heavy when being followed. Not so in the UK.