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Old 19th Jan 2014, 14:51
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misd-agin
 
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aterpster - "I'm sure we will learn something from their obvious screw-up. Having said that a Part 121 operator has a higher duty of standards and care than the folks flying 787 parts into Kansas.

Part 121 pilots are required to be airport qualified for every Regular, Provisional, and Refueling airport set forth in their ops specs. Perhaps SWA's flight ops management shares some of the blame if their airport qualifications program is inadequate. That we don't know but I hope we eventually find out about their program."




Atlas is a 121 operator. I'm not sure the FAA holds them to a lessor standard when they're flying parts.


Not sure what you mean by "airport qualified for every Regular, Provisional, and Refueling airport..." I wonder how many guys have flown a 777 into Barrow, Alaska (6500') which is one of the options.
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