Anyone else seen an ICAO Doc (in the public domain) that recommends 10 nm spacing behind an A380 for ANY aircraft following it on final approach.
This is a space on final equal to 2 and a half B747s !!
So - as long as the A380 carries about 1,200 passengers the numbers will stack up for the airports which are operating to capacity.
I also believe ICAO recommend nothing less than 2000ft below the A380 for 15 nm ( makes the holding stack interesting then!)
Ho Hum - I thought Airbus had been fully consulted in regard to vortex wake and were engineering out such a large requirement for avoidance of this hazard!
Maybe ICAO are being ultra cautious or is there a bit of US influence here.
Am I just paranoid?
