Related or unrelated to the case as it might be,
Originally Posted by
Check Airman
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The 737 coming from Denver will be held on the ground for hours, or tactically vectored around the country to achieve the required spacing if already flying…which leads to a ton of passengers missing their connections to Asia, and upset airline managers calling ATC. [...]
If that is an accurate depiction, wouldn't that be a sign of a deep-rooted deficit in the specific operating culture? I would like to believe that that manager would be met with swear words as well.
Speaking of underlying causes, neither participant of the present exchange, nor any aviation stakeholder would probably mind if the narrow runway spacing at SFO was fixed. Outside players, that might be a different story ...