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Old 13th Jan 2014, 14:55
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That is the biggest bunch of B.S. I have ever read, but given it is Atlas I am not surprised. Irregardless of GPS or any other nav aid or lack of a tower warning, looking out should give you a clue. Having flown at McConnell for several years the runway is a lot larger and a lot wider, not to mention that it has centerline and touchdown lighting. The other runway, nada on tocuhdown zone lighting and the ramp being closed. He actually though he was Beechcraft! The Boeing facility is quite visible even at night and the Air Force ramp is always lit and very visible from several miles out. This was a complete F.U by the Captain, nothing more, nothing less and would not have happened if he would have just looked outside.
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