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Old 25th Jul 2011, 15:00
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maggot738
 
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Situational Awarenes

Incidents like this nearly always come down to one thing. A loss of ( or lack) of situational awareness. Know the MORA, know the MSA's, know where you are, know where you should be and understand the data presented on the approach charts. In a word 'Airmanship'. Now I am not pointing the bone as I know we are all only human and we all make mistakes but a good and thorough approach briefing that includes carefully cross checking the information presented in the FMC goes a long way towards eliminating this type of error.

Lecture over.

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