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Old 13th January 2008 | 22:33
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Life's a Beech
 
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mm flynn

You are asking an impossible question. I don't know the circumstances. I do know that I have made an approach on a private flight, perfectly safely, that would have been illegal on a public-transport flight. If you know about the regulations applying to an AOC flight, and the status of an ops manual then you would know what I mean.

My point is that priority is irrelevant. The key is responsibility and flexibility, or lack of it. I would accept clearances on a private flight I would not on a public-transport flight. Not unsafe, just not as safe as I want of my crews on public-transport flights. Some of those clearances would be acepted by some of our competitors; it comes down to professionalism. A pilot on a private flight is not expected to be as professional. Maybe not how you think it should be, but it is reality.
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