Don't think they will try this for an FNO again...

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Theodore Martin
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Don't think they will try this for an FNO again...

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Albuquerque ARTC thought they would try something different for the FNO (Friday Night Ops). Instead of defining flights between several airports and have a/c in long holding patterns, they thought it would be nice to have The Great Phoenix Fly Out! Flights would depart KPHX for any destination. Well, here's what they got....
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That's me in the AA a/c just after joining the network. Needless to say I did not stay online long, quickly gave up the idea of flying the FNO. :shock:
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Re: Don't think they will try this for an FNO again...

Post by Harold Henderson »

WOW!!! I wonder how many people flamed out before their destination because they didn't add extra taxi fuel?
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