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Old 27th Dec 2016, 21:18
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Hotel Tango
 
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Not that the RFL (Requested Flight Level) has any bearing on this. Aircraft will fly at levels other than their original requested level for numerous reasons, such as weather avoidance, ATC initiated level changes due to conflicting traffic, avoiding areas of turbulence etc.
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