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Old 26th August 2006 | 10:36
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Thumbs down Poor airmanship

I do not want to name airlines or specific dates, but during the last week I was shocked to see the antics of a crew from a national flag carrier. At VLC there is work in progress close to the undershoot of rwy 12 and this crew flew a completely stable approach to put the aircraft down in the first 100m of the runway. I would estimate their wheel height over the threshold to be in the region of 5-10 ft max. Apart from being shocking airmanship, is the pilot such a god that he knows to the nearest foot where his mainwheels are. It was completely irresponsible towards the men working nearby. I have also noticed another major flag carrier do this at Toulouse. Flying airliners to me is about flying with sufficient margins that when the unexpected happens you can safely avoid an incident/accident. In this case there was no margin. It certainly has made me think twice about flying with these two companies.
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