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Netjets and FlightOptions run Hawkers out of CRQ all day long.HawkerF/O said:I stand corrected. Those guys are bolder than I am. I wouldn't do it and try going any distance of signifigance. When I was flying Hawkers, I used 5000 feet as a min runway lenght to operate on a regular basis and all the pilots I flew with used the same 5000 feet as a minimun.
I can guarentee you this; the 1st time Netjets or Flops have some incident/accident because of a 4600 foot runway somewhere, tthat practice will come to a screeching halt. That's always how it work, people wil do things they maybe should or should not be doing and until something happens, nobody seems to have a problem with it. Don't misunderstand what I am saying. I am not saying those guys are wrong and I am right; it's simply a difference of operational standards/provedures between operators.501261 said:Netjets and FlightOptions run Hawkers out of CRQ all day long.
A Hawker is not a light jet, nor is a Challenger, GIII, etc and those are just a few of the examples I gave. Also, I said it is something I would not do as a common practice. I would appreciate if you actually read what I wrote before you commented on it.smfav8r said:If you think taking a light jet in and out of less then 5000 ft is bold, you haven't been doing this for too long.....727's in and out of less than 5000ft all day long is not uncommon.
Using today's conditions @ CRQ we'd be able to take 6 pax with luggage, fly for 3hrs and land with 1hr (2000lbs) of fuel. That's in an Astra.HawkerF/O said:Those guys are bolder than I am. I wouldn't do it and try going any distance of signifigance. When I was flying Hawkers, I used 5000 feet as a min runway lenght to operate on a regular basis and all the pilots I flew with used the same 5000 feet as a minimun. Landing is not the problem, it's getting out of there that would concern me, but apparently not many others share my concern I guess.