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Old 29th January 2001 | 01:12
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Speedbird48
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The current FAA thinking is to descend with a 10deg turn, NOT the old 90deg that we were all taught.
The theory being that a 90deg turn could send you into several other ATC sectors, but straight ahead will put you in harms way with the other FMS driven traffic.