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Old 30th Jun 2009, 03:23
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By George
 
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Easy to pick all the "domestic aces" with their contempt for the poor blokes who got caught out. Try flying all night to arrive at your destination so tired all you want to do is fall down the ILS and go to bed. NDB's are no big deal, but require a higher level of alertness. Even India is at least CAT II. In the US there are no NDB's. As an Australian working offshore it always embarasses me to fly into my own country with third world facilities. All this talk of "building the approach" makes my blood run cold, too easy to make a mistake. All you need is ROC on 1 and BOL on 2 and a black coffee.
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