"Michael" wrote in message...

It's hard to imagine they couldn't design a straight-in approach to at
least one end of 9/27 that didn't interfere if they wanted to.

No, unfortunately it's not hard to imagine at all. Start by assuming
"they" are typical of civil servants in terms of both competence and
motivation, and it's quite easy.

You assume they're 'servants'; they assume they're 'masters'. :~(