Delta doing test flights in JNU .. 757 svs now !!!

[Old School 737]

Did they get RNP approval ??

 

[ATRCA]

Did they get RNP approval ??

Doesn't the whole world do RNP already? Seriously, I thought pretty much everyone had been doing RNP for years by now.

 

[IAHERJ]

I thought Southwest was the leader in all things RNP....

 

[fr8doggie]

They are also cutting edge in the use of auto-brakes and VNav

 

[airline#5]

What's JNU?

 

[PBRstreetgang]

The bigger question is why aren't using the mighty 717?

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

We've been doing RNP for years....started with Quito. Rest assured Alaska friends, there's mountains there....we should be ok.

 

[Mercyful Fate]

We've been doing RNP for years....started with Quito. Rest assured Alaska friends, there's mountains there....we should be ok.

You guys should start flying some of those sweet 717's up there. Word on the street is you are getting 88 of them...

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

You guys should start flying some of those sweet 717's up there. Word on the street is you are getting 88 of them...

Word on the street Mercyful is that you are still giving out free BJs on south beach so you can get your dignity back.....

Save your Flamebait for your buddy GL.

 

[Mercyful Fate]

Word on the street Mercyful is that you are still giving out free BJs on south beach so you can get your dignity back.....

Save your Flamebait for your buddy GL.

Ohhhh, somebody cannot take a little joke. Someone forget to take their midol?

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

nope....just tired of debating stupid.

 

[Mercyful Fate]

nope....just tired of debating stupid.

Lighten up Francis, you big baby. :bawling:

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

We've been doing RNP for years....started with Quito. Rest assured Alaska friends, there's mountains there....we should be ok.

I've never been to Quito. Just looking at Google Earth, it looks pretty tame compared to Juneau. It's pretty tight heading out the Gastineau Channel and add some winds and you're in for a wild ride.

I'm not saying DL or anyone else can't do it, but you guys are going to be limited to the public approaches with a very high MDA of 1880 to RWY and no approach to 26 unless you do a visual.

AS has a lot of weather data for the approaches that isn't public data and our approaches are predicated on that data. I don't know how you guys will do RNP without that data.

 

[JohnQ]

AS has a lot of weather data for the approaches that isn't public data and our approaches are predicated on that data. I don't know how you guys will do RNP without that data.

We probably won't. I realize that AS has a lot of proprietary data and approaches that aren't available to anyone else. This is a marketing shot across the bow and not much else.

Should be interesting to see at the end of the summer how it all worked out.

 

[Rough67]

IJust looking at Google Earth, it looks pretty tame compared to Juneau. .

You may have been looking at the new Quito airport ... I think it opened just last year.