It isn't any problem for a professional crew to fly any
approach at the airports they use. Scheduled airlines may
use only a few dozen airports and have only a few dozen more
available airports that they can use in an emergency. Plus
they must be route qualified. The charts are organized and
it only takes a few moments to select and tune for a
different approach.

It is recommended that when flying to a destination, all the
available approach plates for the destination and the
alternate be located and placed on the clipboard.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

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"Bob Noel" wrote in
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| In article DlEyf.701287$x96.296658@attbi_s72,
| "Jay Honeck" wrote:
|
| Seems like a giant pain for the flight crew, to have to
keep all the various
| approach plates, etc., at hand. (I'm assuming the
commuter airlines we
| usually hear don't have the sophisticated flight
controllers on-board, with
| all the pre-loaded approaches ready to be punched in at
a moment's notice?)
|
| actuallly, a lot of the commuter and RJ's have newer stuff
than the larger
| aircraft
|
| --
| Bob Noel
| goodness - the NFL officials are making
| the NHL officials look like geniuses
|