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but cannot cross the CL any closer than 1400m. I don't know what the CL crossing distance is but with Oakey so close to the north my guess is that it would be at 1400m.
Capn Bloggs:
Perhaps you guys should take a trip to Wellcamp and shoot an approach or two.
Mike is on the centreline at 0.8nm. Look at the chart.
Now that's amazing. You're trying to tell people who actually fly this approach what they should be seeing based on a "not to scale" chart. I think you can trust us when we say we are looking directly at the threshold and we're way off centreline.
Given that the PAPIs at this airport have been garbage from day one despite CASA requirements for accuracy, don't go thinking any other aspects of these approaches is by the book.
(In the past I've said to my offsider on the 30 RNAV "If I give you slope calls it will be based on the PAPI on the left because the one on the right is wrong" and they were very wrong for a long time)