Originally Posted by
Del Prado
A very wise mentor of mine once put it like this:
If someone is landing 40 aircraft per hour and you can sit down and knock a quarter of a mile off the spacing then over the next hour you’ll save 10 miles. That’s three extra movements. Even if you have two go arounds that’s still a net increase of one.
A wise mentor indeed. And the guys/gals at Swanwick can actually do spacing to an accuracy of 1/4 mile. That’s why they’re the best in the business 👍🏻