Originally Posted by
eckhard
True, but what pilots really want is the realistic minimum track miles to touch down. When I used to fly to Dublin, the only thing known about track miles was that they were going to be a lot shorter than that shown by the full STAR. Generally speaking, on the VATRY arrival, the ‘arc’ to DW706 was cut off and we got a vector to intercept the LOC, or direct to LAPMO, which reduced the track mileage by about 30nm.
I’d guess that’s what airline ops departments do once they have sufficient evidence to build up a “base case” following a change in procedures?