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Old 8th May 2011, 15:10
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Blacksteel7, it's time you woke up. CDA's are in fact QR policy - a very thorough QR document can be found on the subject on the QR portal under Training Documents.

Most European airports expect you to fly CDA's going into them now days. If you don't yet know your 3 x table and haven't worked out the relationship between track miles to run versus height above the ground, I suggest you peruse the QR document mentioned above.

CDA's in my opinion have nothing to do with saving money for the company; once you get airborne it's up to you to manage what to do with the fuel in your tanks. If you are happy burning it all at 2000ft for 15 miles, then who is the one with the small brain?

As for your argument about getting called to the safety office due to unstable approaches...the reason you get called in, is if you are unstable at 1000 and continue to land (like some pilots seem to think it's fine to do.)

If we want to progress as an airline maybe a bit of professionalism in the cockpit would be a good place to start.
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