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Old 05-22-2015, 04:53 AM
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Originally Posted by ATLTRACON View Post
They guy/gal who decides to slow their aircraft without saying anything to ATC. This might be fine in Fargo (nothing against Fargo, loved the movie) but when 20+ aircraft are behind you, and spacing is predicated on you not slowing cause "I heard you tell the last guy short approach so I was setting up for one" or any other excuse, causes a massive chain reaction. I've seen this day in and day out lately and some of the chain reactions I've seen just this week were downright dangerous.

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The problem I usually have with spacing is I can't slow down enough and start running over the guy in front of me.
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