Originally Posted by
iceman49
Or maybe they should not be running them at 180 to a 5 mile final.
and aewanabe thinks...
well for one, if your company requires being stable at 1000 it's not gonna happen from 180 at 5 (unless vapp is 160 or so).
Normal ops in Euroland, Austral Asia and many other parts of the world. Works good, saves a lot of gas. Always been fully configured flaps 40 on target checklist complete by 1,000' on the 800/900.