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Old 18th Jun 2012, 12:02
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sleeper
 
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Chances are that an aircraft with auto land capability would not be operating at a field where only a VOR approach is available
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Funny, that. We operate a B773 into Quito after an 11 hr flight.
And there is no autoland possible in Quito as everybody that operates there knows.
Both rwy directions require a visual final approach!

I understand the typical flight duration for this trip is 2 1/4 hrs. If they were fatigued at destination wouldn't they have been sufficiently fatigued at departure to question their crewing of the flight at all?
What about multiple sector day's?
When starting your last sector you might be feeling ok. That can change after 2 hrs in flight.

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