Originally Posted by
gloopy
Maybe they've gotten used to it and spaced accordingly then. At busy airports lately though (last couple years for sure) it seem like min ("visual") spacing on final is rapidly becoming the norm, to the point where not making the expected turn off is a likely go-around. We'll see. Like I said, its nothing insurmountable by any means. But its still a pretty big difference to throw tons of flights a day into an airport like ATL with that big a difference. Easily mitigated by ATC spacing, but will they be proactive and do it?
I do approaches on the 717 with approach speeds in the high 120’s to low 130’s pretty consistently and it’s never an issue. ATC min spacing allows for some level of compression between the marker and the runway.