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Old 23rd Nov 2011, 05:38
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Expat Pilots would be a bad influence in Kenyan aviation. I bet that an expat pilot would do a high speed, idle thrust, fuel saving decent and maintain 250 kts. to 10 miles. Everyone knows that you should be fully configured at 30 miles, lie about your position to ATC in non-radar environments because you are "The Pride of Africa" and deserve priority, and make long-winded and self-important radio transmissions proceeded by "Break, break" even though ATC is clearly about to or have just issued instructions to another aircraft. An expat pilot would also incorrectly identify themselves as a "heavy" aircraft in the terminal environment because ICAO phraseology and standards don't apply to KQ...
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