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Old 23rd Dec 2007, 08:11
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Lookatthesky
 
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however any more than that and we should hold at LOGAN... it's close enough to bring things off quickly
I meant what I said, LOGAN, Not BRASO!
Erm, not quite...the minimum hold level at LOGAN is FL250 and it's further away from LAM than BRASO, there's nothing quick about bringing a/c off from LOGAN

Our (TC's) remit (as I'm sure you're aware) is to fill the inner holds first (hence the LAM-BIG, LAM-BNN, even LAM-OCK occasionally). Then we'll fill BRASO and finally LOGAN.

The impact of LOGAN holding on AC is the same (if not worse) as the outer holds for WILLO/OCK on you (I'm assuming you do south) and you seem dead set against using these - I'm sure CLN feel the same re: the impending use of LOGAN (that's not saying it won't doesn't get used, but why not actively manage the traffic??)

It's funny but you never hear any complaints regarding 'unimaginative cop outs' when a/c are moved from OCK to BNN first thing in the morning
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