Originally Posted by
beardy
What a ridiculous question. I take it that you have never been to Funchal. Portugal and TAP understand quite how 'challenging' it is and the consequences of screwing it up. You imply that there could be an element of dishonesty and double standards in the system, shame on you.
I saw 3 gates that should have triggered a go around. The scariest landing of my life was performed by a training Captain that declared that the 2 aircraft ahead of us that had gone around on an extremely windy and turbulent day were “pussi*es” and he was going to show me how it was done. If you don’t think there can be a disconnect between company policy and what’s happening on the line, then I would suggest you have a limited experience set.