Hartington
18th Sep 2003, 12:18
Flew LHR/DEN last Friday. Take off from 9R followed by a right turn and a trip down the M4 over Swansea and Southern Ireland then south of Greenland. Whenever I've done that trip before we've gone up over Manchester then over Southern Greenland.
Even the pilot seemed surprised by the routing.
The question is whether this was simply a result of the weather and where the tracks happened to be that day or whether, because the Denver flight doesn't leave LHR until 1535 the track system has been partially dismantled Westbound to allow the Eastbound tracks for the overnight flights to be created? Are there always two sets of tracks, one for eat and one for westbound or what?
Even the pilot seemed surprised by the routing.
The question is whether this was simply a result of the weather and where the tracks happened to be that day or whether, because the Denver flight doesn't leave LHR until 1535 the track system has been partially dismantled Westbound to allow the Eastbound tracks for the overnight flights to be created? Are there always two sets of tracks, one for eat and one for westbound or what?