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Old 18th Jul 2013, 12:31
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gazumped
 
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Both aircraft had an unenviable position to be put in, one did a superlative job, the other stuck his neck out, way out.

Listen very carefully, Flying down to the ground in poor vis below the minima is no more dangerous with 2100 kg on board versus 525 kg, both are highly dangerous manoeuvres, you need to be very careful before you embark on a deliberately dangerous manoeuvre, you need to be able to justify your decision, say for example you hurt someone in the process, because they weren't in the brace position. You see after all you are performing a dangerous manoeuvre busting the minima. Do you follow? We are not measuring willy sizes here, we are all in the same industry.
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