Right, so adding "full length to "cleared to land" adds nothing but two
unnecessary words.

The same can be said of any explicit statement that could be stated
implicitly. One person's "unnecessary words" are another person's
"useful redundancy".

Jose
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Humans are pack animals. Above all things, they have a deep need to
follow something, be it a leader, a creed, or a mob. Whosoever fully
understands this holds the world in his hands.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.