Newps wrote:

You are correct, that is exactly what happened. Due to another near
miss in LA two weeks ago the vice president of terminal operations in
Washington DC sent out faxes to all towers stating the new rules.

Thanks, Newps. Today, Avweb's AvFlash contained a brief article
mentioning this as well. It appears the news is spreading:

http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#191713



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Peter