Originally Posted by
TBL Warrior
If you’re trying to convince us that NAN-LAX (ER in an A330) is a difficult mission, I disagree. Try Hagen in a 30 yr old antique (Fokker) any afternoon and you’ll see what most are referring to here, funnily enough none of the ETOPS experts you speak of got close (and yes some tried, but were not enough)....
The incident being discussed has nothing to do with Hagen (Though I wondered how long before mention of those "ten feet tall and bullet proof" heroics would come out). Try Hagen in a Cessna 206, the Fokker boys must have it easy. Horses for courses... However a flight from SIN to POM sure does have a lot to do with ETOPS, similar to NAN Lax. Shooting 5 approaches and then making a dodgy autoland is something that I haven't heard FJ falling for.
But then again they also don't have all that valuable Hagen experience.
Maybe that's the difference?