Alaska Lands on Taxiway in SEA..
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Alaska Lands on Taxiway in SEA..
Alaska Airlines pilot mistakes taxiway for runway at Sea-Tac during busy holiday rush - Puget Sound Business Journal
An Alaska Airlines passenger jet landed on Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s central taxiway – not the runway – on Dec. 19, the fourth time a pilot has made the error in the history of the airport......
An Alaska Airlines passenger jet landed on Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s central taxiway – not the runway – on Dec. 19, the fourth time a pilot has made the error in the history of the airport......
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When operating into an airport that you have never been to before is it normal practice to do so with someone in the other seat who has been there before?
I love the headlines trying to defend the home town airline by blaming the holiday rush.
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When operating into an airport that you have never been to before is it normal practice to do so with someone in the other seat who has been there before?
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Happens all the time. I've been to airports where both of us were unfamiliar. Not necessary to go there in the sim before either. Of course, exceptions exist.
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So, after all that complaining about too much automation, it seems that too little automation can shoot you in the foot as well…
I feel for those guys, probably got a few runway changes and were finally cleared visual approach, easy pitfall, especially with nice weather, to choose a low level of automation.
Sometimes it's just better to stay on AP, intercept the ILS (was it on?) watch what's it doing and click it off when you are stable at 1000'.
Just my 2P, wonder what (really) happened..
I feel for those guys, probably got a few runway changes and were finally cleared visual approach, easy pitfall, especially with nice weather, to choose a low level of automation.
Sometimes it's just better to stay on AP, intercept the ILS (was it on?) watch what's it doing and click it off when you are stable at 1000'.
Just my 2P, wonder what (really) happened..
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taxiway v runway
Not mentioned of course is that one regular run way has been closed for major refurb- and that the taxiway is exactly parallel to the active runways.
The center runway was closed for 7 months stafrting in mid april 2015.
Lighting is different for taxiway- but during a bright day- usually not used.
To err is human to foul up takes a bcrat, a computer, and a powerpoint ranger .
The center runway was closed for 7 months stafrting in mid april 2015.
Lighting is different for taxiway- but during a bright day- usually not used.
To err is human to foul up takes a bcrat, a computer, and a powerpoint ranger .
Last edited by CONSO; 30th Dec 2015 at 22:49. Reason: updated re runway closure dates
How about painting a big X on each end of the taxiway?
Just my 2P, wonder what (really) happened..
Time for an industry stand-down and refresher course? "RUNWAYS: LAND ON THEM; STAY ON THEM!"
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Not the first time. Won't be the last.
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/5...ml#post9224156
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How about painting a big X on each end of the taxiway?
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And this goes for the Pisa Easy too....no one goes to work expecting this or similar to happen, no one goes to work thinking I'm going to make sure that something like this or similar is not going to happen today. As active commercial pilots, and this applies to most professions, you forget how much knowledge and ability has to be acquired and retained and indeed applied to perform the required duties that are expected. So to say " these guys screwed up" is not just stupidly obvious but massively crass to say the least.
There is no better example of the disparate and toxic state of the industry as the posts castigating the crews so readily. There are so many factors to every accident/incident, and indeed we all know that CRM along with automation has produced the incredibley safe industry that we know today. The true state of the nation discussions happen in the "good "CRM days, where we can chat unrestricted without fear. The way we fly hasn't changed that much, the amount we fly has, the rest between the flying has, how much we can fly has...
Surely the advancement of flight safety through the regulated investigation must have the remit to explore every aspect including commercial interests and the pressures they impose.....
There is no better example of the disparate and toxic state of the industry as the posts castigating the crews so readily. There are so many factors to every accident/incident, and indeed we all know that CRM along with automation has produced the incredibley safe industry that we know today. The true state of the nation discussions happen in the "good "CRM days, where we can chat unrestricted without fear. The way we fly hasn't changed that much, the amount we fly has, the rest between the flying has, how much we can fly has...
Surely the advancement of flight safety through the regulated investigation must have the remit to explore every aspect including commercial interests and the pressures they impose.....