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Old 2nd Jan 2022, 12:22
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anxiao
 
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As to be expected. Don't rock the boat, a good solid PIO that CAD can hang their hat on and a few minor training and operational recommendations. AC off the hook and HKIA without a stain.

Might I make a couple of recommendations for future operations?

1) Do not expect a pilot after a 17.41 duty day at a body time of 0200 to carry out his first landing on his first widebody into an unfamiliar destination. They will be as sharp as a beachball and task saturated at the moment the autopilot comes out. Equally do not expect a 64 year old training captain to be sharp enough to catch a trainee's error under the same fatigue conditions.

2) If there is a windshear warning 12 minutes before an aircraft lands of minus 25 knots it might be a smart idea to transmit it to landing aircraft. To then dismiss it in the report as not relevant is strange.

3) ZFT to widebody training on first landing, it might be a good idea to mandate to take the autopilot out above 1,000 ft so that the pilot can assess the roll rate and feel of the aircraft and experience the peripheral vision in roll which is not experienced in a simulator.

4) if ATC has just seen an incipient aluminium dust cloud at the touchdown point on a landing runway, it might be smart to send a checker car with a brush to do a runway inspection at the first available opportunity.

And so on add infinitum until the next incident/accident. Fatigue is brushed under the mat and the most economical way of training pilots wins the day.

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