Originally Posted by
sectordirector
SWA and ATC cluelessness, no sense of urgency in a hair-on-fire scenario. Only FDX broke the chain at the last minute.
Yes, but it ended with around 100 ft vertical separation, a little less rate of climb from the 767 and a bit more on tehe737 and it would have ended in a mid-air collision above the runway. It ended well due pure luck,
On the other hand there will always be someone ( a Capt Hinsight) that will say that If the Fedex had landed " normally" and descelerated behind anthe accelerating 737 possibly the separation would have been greater and consequently the risk of collision would have been smaller.
You never win in this situation .
But we should not base safety standards on luck.