"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:


"Bela P. Havasreti" wrote in message
...

It is not unsafe, and you did not "explain why that is so".


I did explain why turning towards an aircraft on downwind is more hazardous
than overflying the runway. You may not have seen that message, but you're
wrong when you say I didn't provide the explanation.

Left hand traffic. You sided step a bit to the RIGHT of final. That
is on the opposite side of the runway to downwind.

No safety issue.

Steve, perhaps you feel that ATC is faultless but that would be an
inorrect assumption. Anyone who blindly follows ATC without
exercising proper pilot responsibilities may become a statistic.

Ron Lee