Malcolm Weir wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 02:13:27 +1030, (Aidan Stanger)
wrote:
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I admit I don't know the figures, but when the standard missed
approach procedure is to go round on the side where aircraft aren't
taking off, do you really think that the number of potentially
dangerous movements for mixed approaches WOULDN'T increase by
several orders of magnitude if aircraft were taking off on both
sides?
First, on what insanity are you projecting on ATC? Why would
aircraft *be* taking off on both sides?
If alternation continues on the existing runways, with mixed-mode on the
new one, this scenario will happen 50% of the time.
To illustrate the foolishness of your fear tactics, let's call the
runways Left, Right, and New. All proposals thus far have New be
much shorter than Left or Right, and is located to the north. So if
you are using New for departures to the west, you'd *also* use Right
for departures, and Left for arrivals.
Why? And likewise, during easterly operations are you saying that 09L
would always be used for departures, a total reversal of the Cranford
Agreement?
I would simply note that your scenario has little or nothing to do
with reality.
Yours too, I hope.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)