Originally Posted by
TwinJock
Shocked when I listened to the ATC transcript. The crew sounded like a bunch of amatures. Cannot raise the landing gear initially with an Engine failure, but managed to raise it later. WTF?
Secondly cannot fly a radial to hold.
Holding for hours on 1 engine. And this is considered a safer option than landing overweight?
Always thought that Air Canada is one of the better trained operators, but I have been proven wrong.
Yes I don’t understand why on a twin engined aircraft that can land overweight, a crew would decide to burn or dump
fuel for one or even two hours.
I have several friends now retired from Air Canada for several years that flew the 767 and Airbus and during their career there they tell me that the policy was to land immediately and they are dumbfounded by the last two events they read about (787 and 767) that the crew decided to stay airborne instead of landing immediately.