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Old 23rd Jul 2005, 16:38
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Even when completed by two well trained crews, the risks associated with AAR exceed those we would want of air carrier aircraft. Every now and then grief happens to trained aviators during the process. There the risk analysis falls in favor of continued AAR for mission accomplishment. In the civilian world I simply don't see the trade off. The risk is not worth the gain.
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