Originally Posted by
IcePack
Happily retired but there was a time that some airlines had a fuel policy devised by some - sitting at a desk or climbing the greasy pole.
I remember having to explain my fuel load.
Said —- thought that even if Porto Santo parking was full.
Just land & stay on the Runway. i.e No excuse for taking Canary diversion fuel.
Hopefully that type of pressure is long gone.
That's awful to hear, was that a long time ago?
Absolutely !
If the alternate of PXO Porto Santo's parking ramp could already be full, and/or the weather there is also marginal, then one is looking at going to LPA or TFS - 250nm south.
Or, you have to go back north to Faro or Lisbon.
Flight planning for Madeira was/is crucial, with all 'areas' covered in the scenario.
As for Video posted on here of the TAP A321neo long flare and landing long,
perhaps one may muse that as the TAP Crew are 'locals', they maybe of the mindset as they have a 'local' confidence, they know/think they can do it.
(We could also call that complacency of course)
I am not excusing this landing at all for those opinions, but we do know that many accidents in the past (Including the TAP 727 at Madeira in 1977) was the cause in/or in part.