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Old 16th Apr 2012, 19:42
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Flyinggirl27
 
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Interesting contributions!

I second His dudeness that general aviation aircraft have progressed from a 1976 KingAir with steamgauges to a modern glass-cockpit bizjet and still the CATI minimum is "stuck" at 550mRVR/200ftAGL or at 500-600ft AGL for a GPS approach. Itīs tempting to go below for a "good reason". Flying to home base after a long day...you know that the terrain is perfectly flat around the airport. Itīs tempting!

Why do I ask? With the cost-pressure and ever increasing rules what-not-to-do, one is tempted to make a short-cut now and then. Operators in business aviation are prone to that (the few ones which are well-off can afford to stick to the rules...)!

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