DVA3068
Captain, L-1011-100
Joined on April 18 2006
Online Double Century Club
Quincentenary Club
"I'm retired... go around!"
Grand Prairie, TX USA
585 legs, 1,540.2 hours
466 legs,
1,250.8 hours online
553 legs,
1,456.8 hours ACARS
7 legs,
23.3 hours event
788 legs, 2,051.8 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
March 27 2007 01:37 ET by Gary Fournerat
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Hello Delta,
Since this is the channel we seem to use for making our announcements, I would like to make one of my own.
I would like to apologize to Gaston Doval, and hope he would accept my apology. Several weeks ago Gaston and I got into a serious debate over the merits of his MD-11 CheckRide. The core issue in the debate was this: does a 1/2SM visibility, by itself, dictate a CAT II landing? After exhaustive research into this issue, the answer is NO. CAT I minimums are a) RVR not less than 2400 feet and b) a DH of not lower than 200 feet. And since a statute mile is 5280 feet, half of that equals 2640 feet (which is more than 2400). It is a bit confusing, but Gaston is right... and I was wrong. Thank you Gaston for teaching me one of the hardest lessons I've had to learn in aviation. Everytime I see a visibility of 1/2SM, I'll think of you and how you stuck by your guns to teach me.
Thanks again,
Gary Fournerat
Gary FourneratCaptain, L-1011-100
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