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Old 19th Jan 2007, 21:58
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I'd love to hear from someone who's flown it how this rates for difficulty - is it purely a visual exercise? Is it harder from the LH seat? Do you practice in the sim?
Here goes from me:

Not too difficult. G/round R16 and take-off R16 need special brief and care.

Break-off from an ILS approach or you can position visually if the weather is ok.

All right-hand circuits are harder from the LHS! With this one (and Chambery, however, there are lots of visual 'clues' visible from the LHS.

Some airlines do a sim session, some do not. All should have a 'special' briefing for crews, either/and written or audio/visual.
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