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Old 18th June 2002 | 02:20
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john_tullamarine
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... of course, that is always on our mind .... the reason why one ought to declare a very serious level of emergency and dictate to the ATC folk what one's requirements are ... like making sure that everyone knows that there will not be a missed approach. ... etc

.. clearly there is no percentage in driving into the idiot who lined up ... the choices are ... miss if above the sensible minimum (plus a bit for the new clearance consideration), fly over the bandit (very hazardous), or do a sidestep and land on the grass ... none are palatable ... the management trick is to do everything practicable pre-approach to avoid such problems eventuating ..
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