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Old 05-09-2026 | 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by sl0wr0ll3r
False choice. Because it might be more difficult in a guppie doesn’t make it acceptable for a WB.
Spoken like someone who's never flown a pitch-sensitive jet with a 160kt+ target speed.

Give me the docile, easy-to-fly, retirement-cruiser WB with the much lower approach speed, better brakes, better automation etc over the guppy all-day, every-day.

And if EWR is landing 29 when the wind is between 260 and 320 at more than 20kts, I'm not going to make an effort to land on the 22s with a strong crosswind, even if I'm in the guppyER. Imagine trying to justify scraping a cowl or a wing tip after refusing to land on the runway that pointed into the wind just because "RNAV scary."

The 22s have displaced thresholds too, you still need to cross the threshold at an appropriate altitude, no matter the runway.
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