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Old 12th Jul 2016, 14:59
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Originally Posted by neville_nobody
Excuse my ignorance but is it normal for US airlines to not put anything in the FMC for arrival or tune up the ILS if they are expecting a visual approach?

I don't understand how in this day and age with all the technology available on the flightdeck that you could actually line up on the wrong runway. How hard is it to program a runway extension?

Southwest did it last year now Delta. What are people doing for an arrival brief and setup? Not alot I would suggest.....
I think that the thread that you are looking for is over here.
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