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Old 27th Aug 2013, 10:03
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In a medium-sized, high-performance, manoeuverable drag-bag like mine, that STAR would be doable by day (good for reduced track-miles). I would expect a comprehensive entry in the Port Info Manual to prep crews as to what to expect, as things would turn pretty ugly pretty quickly if you weren't on top of it. In a big thingee, I would be very hesitant.

By night, it would be silly. See previous thread re earlier Jetstar incident:

http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/3529338...28.pdf#page=30

(Interesting that the ATSB failed to identify the dive-bomb design of the approach as being the main reason for incident!).

By my calculations, track miles from SHEED via a 2.9nm final flyby to the 34 threshold would be about 5.5nm (6.2nm via straight-lines). That's not far to lose 2170ft...
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