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"andrew m. boardman" <amb@bronze.lcs.mit.edu> wrote in message
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>
> Are there any controllers reading this who will admit to adding an
> unofficial extra condition, namely that the airport be in sight? I hate
> it when this happens, and as far as I know there no such official
> requirement or recommendation. Nonetheless, it happens. I've been
> trying to decide whether the controllers in question are just a bit
> confused or are trying act a nanny...
>

I'm a controller, I add no extra requirements of my own. But in my
experience most requests for a contact approach take the form "...got the
field in sight, request a contact approach..."

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