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Old 10th Jul 2008, 22:49
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Rananim
 
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Had an ezy behind me at AGP today he was being asked to keep the speed up leaving mar on the ILS Y,captain very politely declined blaming SOP and "had to be at 180knts" once on the localiser.
And this is the problem...You just cannot do this in the States.You fly the speed they tell you.You are a pilot and they expect you to act like one.To non-comply with an ATC command because of SOP is a disgrace!Absolute disgrace.ATC wont ask you to fly anything dangerous but they do assume you're a professional with ability.
I know absolutely nothing about the reasons for this dismissal but I do know that data from QAR's should be confidential and not used in this manner.So many variables in flying that exceedances will occur..its only a persistent pattern of high sink rate on final that should raise alarm bells.Everything else can be dealt with by a friendly chat with the CP.
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