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Old 6th Feb 2010, 20:36
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pharmair
 
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Thanks to the flight instructors out there for their advice on how to operate a 737 safely. The pilots mentioned were not born yesterday, nor did they start flying yesterday either....

The airport in question is day only, VFR only. Due to itīs high elevation and relatively short runway, it is very important to have a stabilized approach when operating a 737 there. On short final there is a hill that interferes with a straight in apch to one of the runways. Most smaller aircraft fly around the hill; my mates decided to overfly it with a margin that, although safe, would have the GPWS blaring through the last few seconds before touchdown. They decided to turn it off for a few seconds.

Now, can somebody please answer the TECHNICAL question that I asked...?
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