Originally Posted by
aterpster
If Burbank were in a snowy/icy climate, I would refuse Runway 8 when covered with ice and snow and a poor braking action report. I'd go for Runway 33, weather permitting. If not, I would divert.
No option to change runway in my example. Calculation shows the landing is doable. Divert and put 150 pax in a hotel or land and have a beer before bedtime?
Would you land and insist on 455 m air distance, or put the wheels as close inside the threshold as possible?
I tell you, I see four red lights every time, and I have done this for 30 years.
That’s why I react when fair weather pilots tell me I can’t do it. Or that the book says this or that.
This is the real world.
BTW, there is a differenece between BA Poor and BA Medium.