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Old 8th Apr 2011, 21:19
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PointMergeArrival
 
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the glider was a few weeks back.
The reason for todays delay was strong winds (107kts at FL100 and 59kts x-wind at 1000ft). We have had more go-arounds today than what we normally have in a month!
That being said, we are still running at a reduced rate to make sure everything is working as planned.
The biggest concern so far has been some airlines that do not load the transition from end of STAR to ILS into the FMC. When being cleared ILS in own navigation they will then "fill the gap / route discontinuity" by going DCT FAP, disregarding the published procedure. Which makes for some interesting situations if they are trailing traffic following the correct procedure.
Hopefully we'll find a solution to this shortly.
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