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Business jet flight decks

Professional Pilot

Additional operational modes include instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) navigation guidance, primary mode for all flight phases, and visual meteorological conditions (VMC) mode for visual glideslope display to the runway touchdown point, which is ideal for night approaches.

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Unstable approaches

Professional Pilot

The reason why the crew operated the aircraft outside of limitations and continued an unstable approach that resulted in an accident, was that they were racing another jet to the runway. The GOM also called for the airspeed to be “on target” at such altitudes respectively. The response from the PIC was, “we know it.”

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