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Old 20th Jan 2004, 21:36
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Cirrus Driver,
Sorry old chap. That was being a bit generalising. But unfortunately, it would be the ratbag few that would kick up a stink and stall/prevent any changes to the airspace to accomodate a half-safe STAR and 03 ILS that may have to be performed by a crew who had just flown for 10 hours (how about 16 from London on a tera-bus??!!), back of the clock. Hence my "Dick Smithites" comment.

Fathom,
You can say that again! Apparently the word is that Canberra won't allow ATC to give a Visual Procedure to a heavy, just in case they got confused and thought it was a Visual Approach. Now I thought I was conservative, but that is ridiculous!
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