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Old 9th Sep 2004, 04:15
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Ignition Override
 
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A guy at the airline told me that the Airbus crew doing the VOR approach into RAP was a bit high for the distance from Ellsworth after spotting the tempting runway, and pushed the nose over during what must have become an unstable approach.

And there are contradictions between what was in the crew's safety reports and what was learned form studying ATC tapes.

Any attempt to cover-up the truth or seriously distort facts about an incident can often result in a company firing (sacking) you. The one thing that saved another turbofan Captain from being fired years ago (landing in IMC on the wrong parallel runway) was that he told the whole truth. Look, there is too much info available to allow you to cover things up, and it is not considered responsible or honest. Don't even think about it, unless indepedently wealthy. Too many facts working against you (possibly the other pilot!), so (s)he can save his professional skin.
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