Most Complex DPs/Arrivals
06-30-2010, 03:29 PM
#21
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06-30-2010, 03:45 PM
#22
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Yep... XJT. I didn't know we still had it available online. I used to avoid Reno for that very reason. Half of the 50 minute flight was spent briefing that disaster waiting to happen. I remember doing it in the sim back in '07 for a PC. It had the potential to be a ball buster if you weren't careful. Did a go around once or twice due to W/S out there. Fun times.
That, and the arguments we'd have with tower about departing while tracking the BC vs. flying runway heading (I guess we weren't allowed to depart without tracking the BC as per the -7).
Ya know, as much as I complain about RNO... my worst day of flying Branded was still a million times better than my best day in the CoEx system.
Ya know, as much as I complain about RNO... my worst day of flying Branded was still a million times better than my best day in the CoEx system.
06-30-2010, 07:54 PM
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For us, it's a little easier. We're slow, so things don't happen as fast.
Of course, when you're paired up with a mental midget who can't figure out how to tune the TEB VOR so you can have DME when you're trying to ID the fix to start your circle, anything's possible.
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07-01-2010, 06:45 AM
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While not one you're likely to see at the regional level, the ANJYO REVERSAL 1 in Nagoya, Japan (RJGG) is a challenge, especially off Rw 36, when being flown with the FMS on the fritz.
It is the DP to expect out of Nagoya, and they always make you do the DME arc stuff for noise abatement. ATC outside the US just assumes everyone has FMS's, which make any non-visual procedure a non-event, just follow the cues.
The River Visual 19 (or the Expressway Visual to 31 @ LGA) is the approach I miss most from my days flying smaller aircraft - great fun and scenery. It is a sad day when visual procedures are being talked of as 'the hardest' - they're all visual, old fashioned, hand-flying. On a nice CAVOK day, turn off all the fancy automation and fly the plane the old fashioned way. From a Cub to a 747, they all fly the same!
It is the DP to expect out of Nagoya, and they always make you do the DME arc stuff for noise abatement. ATC outside the US just assumes everyone has FMS's, which make any non-visual procedure a non-event, just follow the cues.
The River Visual 19 (or the Expressway Visual to 31 @ LGA) is the approach I miss most from my days flying smaller aircraft - great fun and scenery. It is a sad day when visual procedures are being talked of as 'the hardest' - they're all visual, old fashioned, hand-flying. On a nice CAVOK day, turn off all the fancy automation and fly the plane the old fashioned way. From a Cub to a 747, they all fly the same!
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