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Old 13th Apr 2014, 22:28
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Journey Man
 
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Originally Posted by LNIDA
FR fly into far more secondary airports then most airlines, often with only NPA available which means they a) have to know what they are doing & B) get more practice at doing it, RNAV approaches using LNAV/VNAV is second nature.
Again... why is this such an unusual thing for airline pilots? Is this really the bar we're using to define exceptional pilots?

An NPA should not be taxing for ANY commercial pilot. If it is, you're on the wrong side of the cockpit door.
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