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No way, separation is normal. What is different is that no plane gets a
clearance to land until the runway is clear. So there is only one clearance
to land operating at any one time.

If there is no clearance then its a go around. That's only going to happen
if some dork misses one of the high speed turnoffs.


That's true throughout Europe, to the best of my knowledge. You will never hear
"cleared to land" until the previous plane is completely clear of the runway.
You will often hear "expect late clearance" and it is not rare, at busy
airports, to have the "cleared to land" message obscured by the sound of the
mains touching!

Europeans are sometimes baffled when they fly in the US for the first time, and
they get cleared to land while the preceding plane is still on short final.

GF