side step
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Side-step
Basically, you are on final approach for, say, LHR 27L and at the request of either the pilot or ATC you side-step to the other runway, ie 27R.
The side-step can avoid unnecessary go-arounds
Worth noting that side-step procedures aren't exclusive to parallel runways, Zurich has (or did when I was last there 8 years ago) have runways 14 and 16 and side-steps were not uncommon there.
The side-step can avoid unnecessary go-arounds
Worth noting that side-step procedures aren't exclusive to parallel runways, Zurich has (or did when I was last there 8 years ago) have runways 14 and 16 and side-steps were not uncommon there.
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<<Mainly done when visual contact with the runway/airfield has been established.>>
Or when the when contact is established with the white of the pilots eyes!
Or when the when contact is established with the white of the pilots eyes!
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Back when DLH cargo 737s came into LL, one was switched from 27R to 27L at the whites-of-eyes moment - he did a truly dirty dive, said thanks, and 'zer cargo vill not complain'
