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Old 17th Oct 2010, 18:22
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JW411;

"...like a heretic."....Kennedy ATC is like that. We were behind Eastern 66 when he went in short of 22L, after a number of go-arounds and urgent requests to change runways. They did....
By the way, there is actually no such thing as "nil" braking action but that is a totally different topic. (The figures produced are usually based on a BA of 0.05).
Yes, I've heard that and understand - it shuts the airport down...but if an airplane will continue to move under idle thrust and the only way to stop it, (providing there isn't a 10kt+ wind) is to shut one, both or all down, regardless of the term, there isn't any braking action... - yep, another topic!

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