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Old 24th Oct 2012, 11:08
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TooLowFlap
 
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I thought AF had RAAS on their fleet? A rather loud 'on taxiway, on taxiway!' would get their attention. The sooner RAAS is mandatory the better.
I'm not sure, if AF has retrofitted RAAS on their fleet. Even if they did so, isn't the "on taxiway take off alert" optional?

http://www51.honeywell.com/aero/comm...-Worksheet.pdf

(see 5.4)
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