Originally Posted by
TimmyTee
Yeah, we do:
“Prior to commencing the descent, both flight crewmembers of VQG independently listened to the Aerodrome Weather Information Service (AWIS) for Sunshine Coast Airport. Both reported hearing that the wind was from 230° (Magnetic) at 6 or 7 kt”
Reckon it’s a case or “fk, lets just say we both heard it, and the other aircraft must have been wrong”?
Why else would you tell an investigation you both independently listened, and came up with the same, wrong answer?
Its SOP at JQ for both pilots to independently listen to the AWIS to confirm its information. And if you've ever heard the MCY AWIS, it can sometimes not be the clearest when enunciating. Knowing the crew, I find it highly unlikely they just 'made it up' for the investigators, but either made a mistake or the AWIS had failed in some way.
We shouldn't be flying 320's into CTAFs, period.