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Old 29th July 2006 | 22:29
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120.4
 
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BOAC: No offence taken.
As I sat there having been empowered this way I wondered how I could possibly be qualified to make such a call. And it didn't take me many seconds to come to the decision that there is no way I could ever say 'stop'. I also decided that the only event which could even make attract his attention at such a critical time would be a runway incursion, which I would clearly have been able to see. It would then be his decision on an appropriate course of action.

Really my point was that a captain who is prepared to humble himself and openly empower those around him like this removes potential psycological barriers to safety management. I absolutely applaud his decision although I accept it may have been better to say 'alert me' or something like that. I would hope that a pilot watching me at LTCC would alert me if he felt I had apparently missed something.

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