>Imagine piloting a plane from the US to the UK alone, it>would be unbelievably lonely!>>Just sitting there, humming to yourself, >>"dum doda dum de de......YAY Heathrow!">>Anyway, thats enough sugar for me tonight>>Dave>Ahhhh, but that's why we'll never go to automated flight attendants.Coffee, tea or.........;-) John M

The change is not an outright ban. TIPH is not allowed when an aircraft has already been cleared to land on the same runway.The way I've seen controllers handle this is that they withhold landing clearance from an aircraft on final if they want to tell another aircraft to position and hold.You can find more information here:http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_in...7/info07005.pdfJohn