Quid:
Roadtrip is right on stating the challenges of Quito.
I however disagree with him saying that this is the wrong place to learn.
OF COURSE tips/info here would be in addition to your other, formal check-out.
Sometimes the school/training environment can be just that: Dusty books.
If a company is starting a new route, you may all be virgins on this particular approach.
The FAA however will accept a 25 year old Pan-Am video as the sole source of information to the pilot in command flying into a strange field in IFR conditions.
FARs is a joke anyway: No duty time limits for international pilots.
And read it again for clarification:
No duty time limitations for international pilots:
Yes, you can work for 40 hours, then fly into
a strange and high/rocky field like Quito,
never been there before. All perfectly legal because ya watched the 'ol tape.
And a month ago or so, hundreds of people were squaking on PPRuNe because some guys flew with a hang over from Spain to the UK.
My grandma could do that.
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