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Old 26th Aug 2009, 21:23
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Good question Mars, of course it doesn't! Although its not particularly nice coming off the end of a night ARA at deck height +50 and 0.75nm, with good procedures and modern autopilots I don't think its particularly high risk. What seems to be high risk, as indicated by REDU and BLUN, is the attempt to fly a visual approach in unsuitable weather.

You may be able to "legislate" against that, but perhaps its more difficult to get universal acceptance of the inadvisability of attempting a visual approach in marginal weather, when an ARA would be so much more controlled.

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