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Old 30th Mar 2011, 04:58
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sevenstrokeroll
 
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if it happened at five pm on a thursday, I would do the same damn thing and land.

...no one would be taking off as they wouldn't have a radar release. the runway would be clearly visible...if the tower was not operating, why not? There is a huge litany of ''right of way'' in terms of planes landing.

also, as a practical thing, there really would be more controllers in the tower and at least one of them would be awake.

IF you have been reading the whole thread, you would have read that at an ALPA safety meeting in Washington, a representative of FAA management made a presentation that landing clearance one day would be done away with provided you had received approach clearance and were on an instrument clearance.

the ultimate authority for the safety of flight is the pilot in command...not the controller.
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