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Old 2nd Jul 2013, 09:39
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Welcome back Clandestino, I was worried something unfortunate had happened to you.

Your firm's ambivalence about how people fly approaches is not I hope the reason for the lengthy notam about qualification required for the 30 approach at Dubrovnik. Obviously the Croatian authorities feel the need to flag up difficult approaches and the need for training at certain carriers. Maybe you have some inside knowledge on this?

Actually I think there are some similarities between Dubrovnik and Moroni. Both are by the sea but influenced by terrain and high winds, which can cause unusual effects at certain times of year. Moroni obviously trumps Dubrovnik in that it is an isolated island aerodrome out in the Indian Ocean.

One thing that did strike me once they were flying manually is that the philosophy I am used to, of autothrottle off in manual flight would have been much better. However I do accept that given the sorry state of the rest of their flying it may well have made no difference.
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