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On a recent A319 flight with BA from LHR to Paris CDG we were at a guess 45 seconds from touch down at CDG when an elderly Chinese lady stood up and began walking down the aisle towards the heads. The senior cabin crew member unbuckled herself and literally ran down the aisle and escorted the lady back to her seat before returning to her own seat in time for touchdown. I figure a combination of the passenger's age and language difficulty led to this situation.
The question that sprang to mind was would, and if so at what point, the captain abort the landing in a situation like this assuming they are made aware? The impact of touchdown and subsequent rapid deceleration would be unpleasant for anyone still on their feet one would think.
Any drivers or cabin crew care to comment?
TopBunk
3rd Jul 2006, 05:39
No more so than the application of full power and a change of pitch attitude from about 2 degrees to 15 degrees - anyone on their feet (young or old) would probably fall over. Sometimes the best thing to do is just land.
AlphaWhiskyRomeo
3rd Jul 2006, 19:08
Also depends if the cabin crew have enough time to get a message to the flight deck to say the cabin isn't secure, better to grab the pax and not be able to call the flight crew than to call the flight crew, not grab the pax and get sued by them when they break an ankle!
The question that sprang to mind was would, and if so at what point, the captain abort the landing in a situation like this assuming they are made aware? The impact of touchdown and subsequent rapid deceleration would be unpleasant for anyone still on their feet one would think.
Any drivers or cabin crew care to comment?
Captain Obvious to the rescue here; you are spot on. But would a go-around be any nicer?
The fasten seat belt signs aren't there because they look cool.
Dirty Sanchez - suggest you look at the purpose of this forum viz,
)Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight If you are regularly a passenger on any airline then why not post your views or questions here? Many of us pilots like to know exactly what you think of us, the job, the airline or anything that you think we should hear about.
I'm surprised a sanctimonious ****** like you would be remotely interested in what goes into this particular forum (one would think). When the likes of you stop me looking for answers to things I don't necessarily understand I'll give it away.
dghob