Originally Posted by
G SXTY
I love the ‘holier than thou’ comments from one or two professional colleagues.
In 8000 hrs of airline flying, the roughest approach I have ever had - anywhere on the planet - was into LBA. We were the last crew daft enough to land that day, and it’s right up there with Kabul & Kathmandu as a place I never, ever want to go back to.
It doesn’t matter how good you are: LBA on a nasty day could catch out the world’s greatest SkyGod.
I feel bad for this crew.
Easy for us to sit in our armchairs and assume this and suggest that.
They probably had a matter of a few seconds to try and make the best of the situation that unfolded in front of them. And they did just that.