Originally Posted by
vunzke
The female pilot was not the captain but the F/O.
Here in Turkey the story was put in the Hurriyet (one of the biggest newspapers) with full blame to the "female F/O" with full face (and uniform) picture and name. Captain was only mentioned once in the text but the blame was put on "refusal of the pilot (referring to the F/O) to obey instructions of the tower" Fact is that the F/O was doing the RT so the Captain was most likely the PF........ nevertheless....not his fault apparently.
There are bizarre similarities between this incident and a Turkish B737 (flying for Pakistan International Airlines) bound for Karachi, Pakistan 7 months prior on 17 December 2005 which mistakenly landed at PAF Faisal Base, a military airfield. This unfortunate crew also included a woman co-pilot. Could this be the same airline? And could this be the same co-pilot?
Could it be that either or both of these flights were made up of an all female crew? The Hurriyet newspaper article I've read does not state the gender of the captain and therefore does not contradict the above. Turkey is a very progressive Islamic country and I don't think that an all female crew would be out of the question.
With regard to the captain of the either of these flights whether or not he/she was pilot flying at the time you can rest assured that it will be for the captain to answer ultimately for this error.
It is notable that there has been little "international" media interest in these incidents as opposed to the Eirjet incident at Ballykelly in Northern Ireland this past March. Why the sudden lack of interest at the major news agencies?
The CRM on the flight deck during the approach to Poznan, Poland must have been put to the test if the reports of an inability to communicate in English from the NATO spokesperson and others are to be believed. The lag time between what needs to be understood and confirmed by the "pilot not flying" on the radio and the resulting actual inputs from the "pilot flying" can add up to a lot of emotional stress on the flight deck. In the critical final stages of the approach communication needs to be precise, accurate and relevant.
These type of incidents continue to happen, even on the most advanced types of aircraft and at the at the biggest and best of airlines.
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topic...1&parent_id=23
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/4940981.asp?gid=74