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Old 1st Jan 2011, 22:56
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Halfnut
 
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USA aviation system load factor running in the high 80% and a "certificate suspension" of AA. Way to funny. You guys are like a bunch of little old ladies at a quilting bee.

What you should be focusing on is jet operations into a snow country airport that is 6,451' MSL with a 6,300' runway. Over twenty excursions into the weeds and no one seems concerned that there is no margin for error when operating swept wings jets on a snowy runway. It should be nothing but turboprop aircraft going in there with the capability of stopping well short of the end of the runway vs. the current SOP of an idling bulldozer with a long chain parked in the firehouse.
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