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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 10:39 am
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Originally Posted by LondonAndy
AF (or AirChance as I'm now learning I should call it) used the A380s on the CDG - LHR route for a while, not because they needed the capacity, but to enable pilots to get enough "real" (ie not simulated) practice in take-off and landing. I could imagine something similar with BA, but clearly the airports used need to be capable of handling the plane!
And judging by the landings we had, they certainly needed the practice
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