"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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So a "reasonable argument" against flying a straight-in is it forces other
traffic to yield the right-of-way to an aircraft on final?

No. A straight-in approach does not in and of itself force other traffic to
yield the right-of-way to an aircraft on final. The FARs do that.

What a straight-in does is *possibly* inconvenience traffic already in the
pattern by requiring them to adjust their flight path in the pattern to
accomodate the aircraft flying the straight-in, as a result of the
afore-mentioned FAR requirement.

The way the argument goes, it's a "they were there first" situation (where
"they" are the airplanes who have to deviate, who were "in the pattern
first"). I'm not personally motivated strongly by the argument, both
because aviation isn't always about who was "there first", and because
depending on how one looks at it, the airplane on final was "there first"
(on final first, that is). But I acknowledge it as a reasonable
philosophical position, even if I don't necessarily agree with it.

I understand that you don't have a concept of a "reasonable philosophical
position", and so you may not comprehend any of the above. I simply provide
it here in case anyone else is interested in an elaboration of my point.

Pete