Originally Posted by
AirScotia
@Ian W, many thanks. Can I ask if you know how many Miles In Trail would be thought sensible in a popcorn-thunderstorm area that's likely to have a lot of traffic?
BTW, when I googled 'Miles in Trail', I was startled to see that your own post in this thread, from half an hour ago, was one of the top results. Google's ability to track us in real time could give the airlines a lesson.
If you want to see descriptions of flow management - known in the FAA as Traffic Management Initiatives then you could look at:
http://www.fly.faa.gov/Products/Trai...oklet_ca10.pdf
Things have not changed significantly since that was written.