chicken flyer
21st Aug 2012, 07:58
I am going to Samos soon. As being afraid of flying I was not very amused when I read that some pilots opinion was that that runway/airport should be nuked since its approach without ILS etc is dangerous.
Now, I fly and try to live my life as if I was not afraid of flying or at least try to ACT like I was not. I think that if Samos was that dangeous the airport should be closed or at least no airlines would use it.
The flight is with a charter company and a 737. Is that a plane actually too big to frequent this kind of airport? I also read that its a "captains only" approach and that its a fully manual approach since there is no ILS etc. Winds over 25 knots can yield high turbulence when coming from north (which is the regular wind direction).
I fins it kind of strange that some pilots fins it an interesting approach while some say thay always slept bad before a Samos flight.
Its kind of funny we always find those spots wich I then afterwards read have aiports/runways with those rumors. Corfu, St Barth etc.
Any advice/opinion on this?
Now, I fly and try to live my life as if I was not afraid of flying or at least try to ACT like I was not. I think that if Samos was that dangeous the airport should be closed or at least no airlines would use it.
The flight is with a charter company and a 737. Is that a plane actually too big to frequent this kind of airport? I also read that its a "captains only" approach and that its a fully manual approach since there is no ILS etc. Winds over 25 knots can yield high turbulence when coming from north (which is the regular wind direction).
I fins it kind of strange that some pilots fins it an interesting approach while some say thay always slept bad before a Samos flight.
Its kind of funny we always find those spots wich I then afterwards read have aiports/runways with those rumors. Corfu, St Barth etc.
Any advice/opinion on this?