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Old 12th Aug 2009, 15:22
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Pace
 
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Bjornhall

Firstly I dont "ONLY" fly commercially

Let me turn this around a bit.

Why should I put my passengers even in a GA 4 seater aircraft in the extra discomfort of making multiple turns which are Not needed to get to a position of "on finals"?

Why should I increase their risk of a collision (there is most definately an increase in collision risk with an OHJ)

Why should I add mileage and hence cost to the trip flying needless and pointless legs?

Why should I increase my carbon footprint flying needless extra distance?

Why should I increase my risk of loss of control especially in strong winds and poorer vis by making all these extra turns?

On lower cloudbase days why should I add to the confusion of no one knowing what they are doing or even worse confusion on marginal cloudbase days? surely better to have a standard system which fits most VFR weather?

You do an OHJ if you want to I am not against that! but if I ask for a more sensible join dont tell me I cant.

The 45 degree join is well tested and far greater used worldwide than the OHJ and there must be a reason for that.

Pace

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