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Old 10-29-2013 | 04:59 AM
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From: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
Latest interview gouge involves these charts:



If we only still had those charts ... think of the money Delta would save on gas. Instead of flying down wind till abeam Huntsville, Talladega, or Augusta / Athens, the clearance coud be "Delta, cleared direct Atlanta VOR at 5,000; cleared for the option, report on the ground." (the Douglas fleet would get a 10,000 foot clearance)

With a properly executed overhead break, we would not even need to monitor cool down time ... already done.