Old 10-12-2007 | 12:37 PM
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Ouch!

For those of you who don't fly into ORD, 22R is typically a LAHSO runway, and due to the 2 1/2 mile spacing ORD gets, Tower expects aircraft to exit at Taxiway C, which doesn't leave much room to land and stop. Most pilots I know typically duck the glideslope right near the end of this approach and come in on the slow side of Vref, just so they can make it. An Airbus should be able to make the taxiway, a CRJ 50 requires a lot more skill to put it on and stop it in order to exit Taxiway C than does an Airbus. Nonetheless, not surprising every now and then.
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