On 2006-01-16, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
Where's the pain? The approach in use will be on the ATIS, crews generally
have that information before they ever talk to approach control. And it is
a crew, it ain't one guy thumbing through a Jepp binder while trying to
hand-fly the airplane.

I also bet most of the crew know their regular approaches well, and
probably only pull out the plate to satisfy the airline's procedure.

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