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Old 31st July 2025 | 07:41
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Originally Posted by BFSGrad

3. PSA Captain/PF expressed to PM a preference for continuing to runway 1 but accepted runway 33. Media will make a big deal out of this. I don’t think it is.
Agee, but always the pressure not to say " negative " or " unable " even when not feeling comfortable with an ATC request.

What is likely to make a media deal is the wrongly calibrated ( or QNH setting) of the PAT altimeters which might open discussion on the real issue : the initial 100 feet procedural separation
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