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Old 13th Mar 2008, 22:43
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Lemurian

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"In my company there was a much higher than average number of go-arounds due to loss of separation between the preceding A/C and the 600 on the approach due to the G/S mini function especially in stronger wind condition this has lead the ATC having to increase the separation on approach."

It happened everywhere.
A simple solution is to tell ATC that you're flying a 'Bus and in these confitions, your approach speed would be ...such.
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