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Old 24th Mar 2020, 10:52
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Originally Posted by TheEdge
Could not agree more. Even during normam ISA standard NPA we do monitor DME/altitude during final and make needed corrections as needed. I cannot understand how you can just get a figure for an FPA from a book and blindly applying it.
I agree. We don’t just estimate the drift angle at the descent point, adjust the heading once and then wait for a runway to appear! Or maybe some operators do?
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