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Old 25th Jun 2005, 11:37
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Human Factor
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Went into KORD the other day, to land on 22R. A 747 who was supposed to LAHSO on 27R - HOW???? (even though it's not an approved procedure for us actively or passively - never let details interfere with a slick operation!!) unsurprisingly missed his turn off and infringed our runway (we were visual at 500 feet so not a desperately big deal in itself - what if we'd been at 150 feet?). Another heavy jet took off from 32R while we were at 300 feet. It's an accident waiting to happen.

In answer to my own question of "What if we'd been at 150 feet?". If we'd gone around we'd be straight into the path of departing traffic from 27L. Nice. We can't LAHSO legally anyway, although if worst came to worst and you had enough distance, you'd have to if it was the least risky option - except we'd have real (serious) trouble stopping at our weight in the LAHSO distance on 22R.

So what do I do then - apart from bid to go somewhere else and make it someone elses problem?
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