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Originally Posted by tony20009
Indeed, 747 pilot or not, one must specifically qualify to fly into and out of those airports. In fact, 747 pilots generally "have it easy" but for a few airports like San Diego, St. Maarten, and a few others.
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Not to derail, but your example is way off.
Here's a more realistic comparison... A Cessna is like a pedal car your kid operates in your driveway. A 747 is like a double trailer semi on the autobahn. Just because the autobahns nice concrete roads with people who ostensibly know how to operate there, doesn't mean you would put your kid in a pedal car out there with that semi. That giant semi has its own challenges, not so much because of its own size, but because of the scale that all the others out on the road have imposed.
Oh by the way... add Kabul or Kandahar Afghanistan to your "hard" list for 747s... seeing them come in there is some sketchy shit.