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Old 21st Feb 2019, 03:36
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Originally Posted by suninmyeyes
Interesting and unusual. I am aware of a tail scrape on a B777 landing due to the Vref speed manually inputted incorrectly. (Why do some people insist on manually knocking off a bit of weight for the descent and approach and typing in a revised landing weight instead of selecting the present weight figure which at worst will give you a 2 knot greater speed?)
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Because our system of box ticking compliance driven standards results in some parts of the program having a vice like grip on the trivial, without recognition of the attendant elevation of risks. Concentrating on one minor part of the system results in opportunity to miss the big picture items, woods v trees
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