Understand what's meant by prevailing visibility, and be
prepared for overall visibility to drop if conditions are variable
enough that a prevailing visibility is reported.
Flight Deck Landing Practice -- Landing a Navy aircraft
on a transiting aircraft carrier with a moving flight deck is the
most hazardous and demanding thing our pilots do, and requires
constant training.
"When asked about ORD (O'Hare) controllers' awareness
of the need for adequate sleep, one supervisor stated that
controllers did not discuss the issue much and were 'just used to
being tired.'"
Source: John Clark, NTSB aviation safety
director, in the May 16 letter to FAA Chief Operating Officer
Russell Chew regarding a possible link between a series of runway
incursion incidents at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport this
year... and controller fatigue.
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