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Old 9th Nov 2008, 14:44
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I don't see a big problem. It's not an airport that has weather problems. We flew to airfields in North Africa that had no aids. You get close, see the field, go visual. This airport is quite identifiable on a bay. If it was up in Sweden one wouldn't be so happy, but we don't need a full suite of landing aids just because it's a fairly busy terminal. These places you do go visual, I think sometimes to insist on a full let down at a busy terminal is being a bit obstructively pedantic!

If you're going to lay your head on the line and decide to divert unnecessarily 'to make a point', then sure as eggs is eggs, someone will come along with an axe to 'give you the point'! And do most crew have a 'choice' about going there? Er....let's be real.....no!
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