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Old 3rd May 2004, 18:49
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I used to be that turbo prop, it was never a big deal. Approach would effect the join up so to speak with us a good deal higher allowing us to keep a comfortable distance vertically from your wake.

As far as visual approaches in general into busy airports based on sighting the preceeding aircraft only, its a problem waiting to happen.

Coming down the north downwind at LAX and approach calls a sequence that requires you to look across the final for four runways and pick out the one to follow among others in close proximity. Many pilots will never call the preceeding aircraft in sight even if it is in case you pick the wrong one.
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