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Old 5th Oct 2006, 07:45
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WynSock
 
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Danger GNSS NPA's are dangerous

As a pilot who regularly uses GPS NPA's in a two-crew RPT aircraft,
I am not alone in finding the chart presentation confusing, difficult to read and easy to misinterpret.
I am not alone in suggesting that these charts and the approach design had crucial significance at Lockhart River, the information to support this lost on the CVR.
I have only asked other pilots about what they think. I haven't asked ATSB or CASA.

I think they need redesigning. Most importantly, the distance to several waypoints must be changed so that the distance to go is related to the last missed approach waypoint only.

This needs to fixed now before it causes another accident.
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