Originally Posted by
Lookleft
Some are saying because they got away with it no damage done. The discussion should be around why the landing was persisted with in the first place. Why would a crew ignore all the red flags for a runway excursion and "press on" to an uncertain outcome. Is it training, standards or are there lots of pilots out there who would have done exactly the same thing in the same circumstances?
I think that is the nub of the issue. There are many things you can get away with, but in doing so you are operating in high-risk areas which experience has shown are not appropriate for commercial passenger flights. That’s why we have SAC and rules for a touchdown in the right place giving an assured stop, otherwise it is a GA or rejected landing. FNC is one of those airports where there is less margin for error and I assume most pilots operating there pay more attention to setting and achieving gates and have thoroughly briefed their actions in the event they are not complied with. Which makes the event in the video a bit of an outlier and worthy of comment.