Originally Posted by
Amadis of Gaul
I've been an airline pilot for almost 19 years now with three airlines. In those 19 years, I received a windshear warning exactly 3 (three) times, 2 (two) on approach, 1(1) on takeoff. Of the 2 approach ones, one was definitely false, one was probably false. The takeoff one was the only one that was legit.
My point is I doubt you have a pressing problem here. You may not see another warning for years, if at all.
Thanks for sharing your experience. You’re right, windshear warnings don’t come up very often, and some of them do turn out to be false alarms. But the whole point of having SOPs and QRH maneuver instructions is that when real windshear does happen, we don’t waste time thinking. We just act.
Even if the odds are low, the consequences of getting caught in actual windshear are serious, so consistency in procedures matters more than frequency. I think that’s why the industry emphasizes rote responses for things like WS, RTO, and GPWS.
And in my case, it was an actual windshear. Also during the approach, I heard my preceding go around because of a windshear warning.