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Old 4th Aug 2006, 15:24
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Trentino
 
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Having lived under the approach path for 13L for 20+ years I can recount some pretty interesting sights.
I have flown it a couple of times and it is not nearly as interesting as when I see some guys do it wrong.

When it is VFR everyone gets it pretty much spot on.....BUT! when its down to MINS and even lower I can really see some differences.

The guys who are always waaay to low
1.BWIA(even on VFR days theyre low, are their charts up to date?)
2.China Eastern Cargo ( I dont even want to talk about what they have done)
3.Alitalia (well one time me and my family ducked, im not kiddin)
I jump seated on AZ610 many years ago and on that occasion we almost landed on the taxiway, i couldnt blame them cause i couldnt see the rwy either
4.Royal air Maroc (just freaken low man)

The guys who always play it safe and honest
1.British airways (they go around if even 1 fluffy cloud is below MDA)
2.Cargolux( the few times they do come in they get shafted by the wxr


ofcourse what i wrote above is in no way a hard and fast rule concerning any of the airlines. What I could have seen was mearly coincedence but boy oh boy me and my dad can tell what airline is inbound just by much our walls shake.

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