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FAA no longer letting foreign airlines land alongside another plane at San Francisco airport
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/faa-no-longer-letting-foreign-airlines-land-alongside-another ^ | July 30 | Associated Press

Posted on 08/05/2013 7:03:52 PM PDT by B4Ranch

SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. aviation officials are no longer allowing foreign airlines to land alongside another plane when touching down at San Francisco International Airport in the wake of the deadly Asiana Airlines crash.

The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement Tuesday it implemented the change “to minimize distractions during a critical phase of flight.”

In the past, two planes could approach SFO’s main parallel runways at the same time in clear weather. Domestic carriers can still do that, but air traffic controllers are now staggering the arrivals of foreign carriers.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: profiling
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Can't take the chance of two unqualified pilots messing up at the same time.
1 posted on 08/05/2013 7:03:52 PM PDT by B4Ranch
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To: B4Ranch

Why does this not surprise me?


2 posted on 08/05/2013 7:13:52 PM PDT by Taxman (So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
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To: B4Ranch

“Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Captain Ho Ding Patten, we expect clearing to land sometime within the next hour or two...”


3 posted on 08/05/2013 7:15:37 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: B4Ranch

That’s profiling!


4 posted on 08/05/2013 7:24:18 PM PDT by Mark (Obama is more confused than a hungry baby in a topless bar)
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To: Mark

You bet it is. I say, “Thank the Lord! It’s about time.”


5 posted on 08/05/2013 7:26:38 PM PDT by B4Ranch (AGENDA: Grinding America Down ----- http://vimeo.com/63749370)
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New Landing Instructions At San Francisco Airport

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6 posted on 08/05/2013 7:40:46 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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"Ho Ding Patten"

I had to read that twice...now I am laughing!


7 posted on 08/05/2013 7:46:30 PM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
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To: SkyDancer

Don’t know where you posted that graphic from but I’ve sent it to a bunch of aviation guys that love it.


8 posted on 08/05/2013 7:47:16 PM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
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To: CodeToad

Was sent to me by an ExpressJet pilot.


9 posted on 08/05/2013 7:48:25 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: SkyDancer

LOL. Outstanding.


10 posted on 08/05/2013 7:48:28 PM PDT by Ronald_Magnus
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Can't take the chance of two unqualified pilots messing up at the same time.

Or 1 unqualified pilot bowling in the wrong alley.

11 posted on 08/05/2013 7:52:56 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the left the truth looks like Right-Wing extremism.)
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To: CodeToad

Are you able to send it (email) as an animated gif? How?
(I’ve tried various ways, but the animation does not get thru via outlook)


12 posted on 08/05/2013 7:53:41 PM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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Can't take the chance of two unqualified pilots messing up at the same time.

I am sure that is true, but the way you put it, is the politically incorrect way of saying it. As a former air traffic controller, I can say, what a hassle.

13 posted on 08/05/2013 7:56:49 PM PDT by Mark17 (Yesterday I couldn't spell it. Today I are one, a creepy a$$ cracker)
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To: B4Ranch

I guess old Sum Ting Wong and Wi Tu Lo will just have to learn how to land airplanes without using the autopilot.


14 posted on 08/05/2013 7:58:45 PM PDT by calex59
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To: B4Ranch

Hmmm... could this have something to do with certain types of foreigners being peripheral-vision challenged? Ever seen some of our Eastern friends in the Bay Area try to use the on ramp to a freeway? Just sayin’.


15 posted on 08/05/2013 7:59:44 PM PDT by ggrrrrr23456
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http://www.firerescue1.com/fire-ems/articles/1484707-Helmet-cam-video-details-S-F-plane-crash-operations/

New info may indicate dead young lady was seen before accident with fire vehicle. Command didnot receive info.


16 posted on 08/05/2013 8:02:30 PM PDT by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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To: C210N

I drag the file to the desktop from the FR page, open Entourage and attach the file to the email. At the other end, the recipient has to save the file to their machine and open it in a browser (”File / Open File...” in Safari).

Works perfectly on my Mac.


17 posted on 08/05/2013 8:04:05 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ggrrrrr23456

We call it “DWA” around Silicon Valley. This past weekend, a DWA-F pulled into the bike lane ahead of me and proceeded to drive in it for a hundred yards at 10 mph. Being extremely wary, I dropped back a bit. Good thing I did because she cut a U-turn right in front of me without looking at all. A very common occurrence here in Silicon Valley. No peripheral vision and, even worse, no head-turns.


18 posted on 08/05/2013 8:09:44 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: B4Ranch

Co-pilot Hu Flung Dung feels snubbed and thinks this stinks.


19 posted on 08/05/2013 8:14:07 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: B4Ranch

1st time i landed 9 right at Palm Beach International a large passenger jet carrying a couple hundred souls was coming in on 9 left about 6000 feet longer than my strip
But as they say,pooh happens.


20 posted on 08/05/2013 8:23:06 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) ( Hey Rubio, eat pooh pal))
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