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Old 1st Sep 2006, 12:48
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joerkaaff
 
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they ship you off to work in some godforesaken remote corner of Norway
WTF?

... the approaches they use were designed for Twotter (could turn on a dime) at airfields built in the 60'ies (terrain)... VERY challenging.
Don't quite see the connection, frankly. The CAA published approaches into "korbaner" are designed for category B aircraft (Vref up to 121kts), while the "custom" approaches flown by WF differ only where the Vref speed of the DHC-8 allows a smaller turning radius or lower sink during initial missed approach, hence lower minima or later MAPt. The approaches flown have no direct relevance to the Twotter.

Under-dimensioned airfields... sure. But what's the (operational) difference between a DHC-8 on a 824m runway and a B737 on a 1,600m runway? Or putting a BA146 into london city airport versus a DHC-8 on a 4.5 degree PLASI?
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