Santa Monica Hearing

[gutshotdraw]

Thursday, May 15, a hearing will be held on the Temporary Restraining Order issued April 28 by Judge George WU in U.S. District Court. The TRO enjoined the City of Santa Monica from enforcing a ban on aircraft of approach categories C and D at SMO. You can get updates on the results of the hearing at www.santamonicaairport.org.

This could be fun.

 

[TurboHonda]

Can't land there anyway

Meanwhile, and regardless of the outcome, and no matter what you’re flying, always consider the 1.2% down slope for runway 21. Most likely you’ll be unable to land under FAR 135.

FLOPS just went through a learning experience for their “pilot pushers” trying to get pilots to land with pax at SMO against the better judgment of the crew.

 

[jetwash]

Meanwhile, and regardless of the outcome, and no matter what you’re flying, always consider the 1.2% down slope for runway 21. Most likely you’ll be unable to land under FAR 135.

FLOPS just went through a learning experience for their “pilot pushers” trying to get pilots to land with pax at SMO against the better judgment of the crew.

More info please on what happened.

 

[TurboHonda]

More info please on what happened.

Can't post it here. All I can say is run the numbers through Ultranav. Check the results and stick to your guns.

The 1.2% downslope is posted on NOS charts and has to be calculated on Jepps. Most pilots and PSMs have overlooked it in the past.

 

[bailout]

Meanwhile, and regardless of the outcome, and no matter what you’re flying, always consider the 1.2% down slope for runway 21. Most likely you’ll be unable to land under FAR 135.

CS has an 80% rule instead of the 60%, so no problem there.

 

[Crobar]

sounds like cs is next