Originally Posted by
Weapons Grade
"current pilot on jet transport types" - okay, I'll ask the obvious: "What types of jet transport category aircraft is Mr Byron Bailey current on?; and a supplementary, "What CAR216 organisation is he permitted to fly under?"
Reading his comments in the above URL, he did fail to mention that even the major airlines, can have an accident. EK's B777 in DXB attempting a simple go-around, does come to mind.
Funny you mention the EK521 attempted go around with idle thrust. Just six days after the prang and weeks before even the preliminary report had been released BB, who of course flew for Emirates, declared that one was an '
accident waiting to happen' and that '
It was not the fault of the pilots, the airline or Boeing ...'. A bit like that famous Rumsfeldian 'stuff' apparently this one just, you know, 'happened'.
Binger tried to make out that
... on a go-around, all the pilot does is click the TOGA switches, pull back on the control column to raise the nose and — when the other pilot, after observing positive climb, announces it — calls “gear up” and away we go!
But for EK521 away we didn't!
Having clearly misstated the Go–Around and Missed Approach Procedure (which specifically calls for both PF and PM to verify that the thrust increases and for the PM to verify that the thrust is sufficient for the go-around or adjust as needed) when pressed on why he had deliberately misrepresented what the crew should have done he responded;
... we have an Australian co pilot and part of the intent is to help him. The Captain was an Emirati.