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Old 7th Jul 2004, 09:40
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You will be amazed! ATC is very good
You must be Spanish then ... ATC is more biased in Spain than anywhere else in Europe to it's home based operators [Iberia, Air Nostrum, etc], it's not unusual to end up number 8 for approach into Madrid to the Iberia just airborne from Barcelona! Their radar vectors are ok if the weather if good, but put a line squall or row of cb's within 30 miles and they are dire. If you approach for 33 from the north, plan about FL150 at CNR/CMR? and expect a short cut to PDT11d (from memory) - when they give descent to FL80-ish you may find you need speedbrake for the profile, only to find you have an extra 40 track miles when that Iberia gets airborne from somewhere else in Europe! The secret, as with lots of places, is to have a plan but remain flexible!
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