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Old 20th Jan 2014, 19:18
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Molokai
 
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Hell I did the same thing once: I was aiming for New York but instead landed in someplace called NYaaaawk.
Gee, to misaim EWR for JFK ( or LGA ) is really something. One is an ewe, the other is a jack! Do something about your ovine obsession!

Seriously, unless you know the place like the back of your hand, do not accept a visual too early in the arrival/ approach phases. Stay on vectors or instruments until you are 100% sure of your destination runways!

All the bravados of yore whereby you manually do split arse turns, dive and aim for a super duper visual approach are best left to the local shuttle jockeys who do it almost everyday. Some of those feats were for anther past time period where air traffic was sparse, there wasn't any FOQA / AIMS spyware, pilots were valued in a forgiving management structure, etc. Sigh....
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