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Aeromexico Pilot Tells JFK ATC To Relax, And It Gets Heated

One Mile at a Time

While the aircraft was being given taxi clearance, there was a minor misunderstanding, which wasn’t a big deal (but I still think it’s important context, since the Aeromexico pilot is in the wrong here): ATC: “Aeromexico 401, cross runway 31R at echo, follow the 777 ANA on charlie.” That’s seven miles.”

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Arriving in Style

Plane and Pilot

These tools help the pilots deal with this busy section of the flight replete with numerous checklists, changing clearances, and traffic. We have some of the same checklists, clearances, and traffic, and we have one less pilot to get them all done. So, I am careful to watch the speed heading downhill into the turbulence.

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Flying Through the Center of a Trough Should Have Been Uneventful

Flying Magazine

While we were sitting in the airplane on the morning of the flight, the pilot received his IFR clearance, which kept us on the eastern route. New York clearance delivery would not give us a southwestern departure because of heavy flow in and out of the congested New York airports. The ice began to melt.

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My Near Death Experience

Air Facts

I queried ATC about when to expect the approach clearance and was informed that the Saratoga had appeared to land but the pilot hadn’t contacted ATC to close his IFR flight plan. I would then level off, slow down, dirty up, run a tight circle to land on the opposing runway. The IAF was looming closer. The little voice agreed.

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How Low is Too Low?

Plane and Pilot

Soon, the eagerly expected runway came into view, and the briefest of traffic patterns put us on the pavement, rolling out in relief. My companion claimed to spot runway lights directly below as I executed the miss. The DH or MDA is just that, a minimum, at which point you either see the runway environment or execute the miss.

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Keeping One Step Ahead of ATC when flying IFR

Flight Training Central

Gone are the days of making an educated guess on a route, only to have ATC respond with a full route clearance with intersections and airways. It now takes only a moment in ForeFlight, Garmin Pilot or FltPlan.com to enter a departure and destination airport and then see recently issued clearances to other aircraft flying the same route.

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Across the pond

Professional Pilot

SID (Intl, Amílcar Cabral, Cape Verde) offers a long runway and is a good technical stop on this route. Operational peculiarities The NAT-OTS is unique in the world, as it changes twice daily to provide optimum routes for the main traffic flows, with due regard to the winds and turbulence. The North Atlantic is a non-radar environment.

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