Originally Posted by
Global Aviator
There are some glaring instances of zero situational awareness.
One place that used to give me the ****es was Hong Kong, with the cargo and private lads holding on opposite sides of 25L/07R at J1/K1 etc. Cleared for take off and the hands go straight up to all lights on, ok not so bad during the day but at night! Hey champ how about holding off on blinding the other crew until you’ve turned the nose a little.
One funny was a Japan airlines 787, they’d left the landing lights on a little longer than usual, I was taxying opposite way and fark those leds are bright, asked them to turn the lights off and got an apology and lights off.
Common sense and situational awareness are certainly lacking in some! I’m pretty sure every SOP has a disclaimer or the likes of, ok it’s been to long but ya don’t just blindly follow SOPs in every instance.
yes VHHH was a particular pain especially at night.