Originally Posted by
Jet Jockey A4
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.
I dont think that is very fair. They crew had an undercarriage problem and an engine shutdown at the same time so taking your time to talk to Ops and Engineering and then get a fighter scrambled up to check out the damage seems quite sensible. After all there is no hurry to land and taking your time to be fully informed (or as informed as you can be given the circumstances) seems a reasonable option.