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Old 9th Feb 2009, 17:46
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NigelOnDraft
 
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I've been in/out ABZ for years B757 and now A319/320...

ABZ has no overruns to speak of, is frequently wet, in fact, worse than that, "wet wet wet!". There are no High Speed turnoffs, and despite the intersection turnoff on 34, you cannot really plan on it since when you do there's a helo there or something.

Braking actions on a runway often vary - and of course are much reduced when you try to turn, and when someone decides to paint numbers and piano keys on them

I have never been adminished by ATC there - I find them great, but it is not somewhere where minimum runway occupancy even crosses my mind You land, get speed WELL under control, and then creep to the end. Anyone who has experienced the antiskid denying you braking will know the feeling

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