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Old 15th Nov 2006, 10:07
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Chill FBW. You seem to have taken offence when none was intended. If I was having a dig at you I would probably have used and not but heyho, whatever ...

I understand absolutely the QNH point, thank you. The key point I was trying to make is that routing through the overhead at 2,000 QFE at an airfield where OHJs are used (and within not a full ATC environment) puts such traffic in conflict with the standard OHJ starting at 2,000 QFE.

NS: absolutely true, of course; but I didn't imply not talking to the Info service. In the particular case I had in mind the passing traffic called 'routing via the overhead at 2,000ft' and was advised by the FISO of QFE and also traffic joining overhead. We all used 'see and avoid', so not a problem; however, if I had been the passing traffic I would probably have climbed 200 feet or so and advised ... but then I rarely use overhead routings in any case, whether beacon or ATZ - I try to avoid un-necessary conflict!

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