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Old 20th Jun 2006, 23:40
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Scott Voigt
 
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Javelin;

Well if you routinely get an early descent then I would think that you would tell your company about it. There are far to many users of the system to try to go out and tell them all what to expect and why. Florida is a rather complex system due to MOST of the folks flying there not being over water equipped and don't want to go very far over it. Carrying all of that equipment means more weight thus more fuel. Then there is all the GA...

I don't know if you have been to one of our facilitiies or not, but trust me, Europe is NOT as busy. I have been to MANY European ATC facilities and they don't hold a candle to what we do here most of the time. They are busy, but it's mostly air carrier and not huge amounts compared to the flow through that we get. Our sector flow thorugh numbers are noramally higher too...

regards

Scott
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