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Old 3rd Apr 2011, 12:38
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Shell Management:

The past history of SDRs as SWA is very concerning as it smacks of Aloha but on a far bigger scale.

Its another sign that airlines need to invest in SMS introduction to manage this sort of problem better.

I for one had not realised that they had not been investing in new aircraft like Ryanair.
They spent a huge amount of money retrofitting all their aircraft to be able to do RNP AR. Then, they are pushing complex, multi-path RNP AR IAPs at all their airports to hopefully save a bit of fuel here and there.

This was not the original objective of RNP AR, but SWA has forced the issue at the highest levels of the FAA. They are a very tough player.
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