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Old 31st October 2006 | 15:59
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BOAC
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Droopy - if it bothers you THAT much that you write about it here - in insufficient detail for anyone to make meaningful comment - then you SHOULD report it. NB MOST of the 'passengers' would be used to the type of flying 'up there'.

We do not know from your profile what your 'professional' flying experience is, and it may be that anything less than a straight-in ILS from 30 miles now-a-days will scare the pants off you. 'Stabilised ' criteria do NOT have to be lined up. 200' above an obstacle in that area is not uncommon - and is 200'. Tailwind landings do happen. 'Altimeter and DME' were probably not on the PF's menu at the time?

As someone else has said, the pilots in ?that? airline that I knew a couple of decades ago could have taken me anywhere.

Who knows, Mr CAA might have been on board.
- not that far back in history 'Mr CAA' had himself been one of the 'Islanders'.

There is very little point in asking the question the way you asked it.
Why not name the airfield?
Did the tailwind present a problem? I. E. did it almost go off the end?
Did the PF have to hurl the a/c about at 100' to get it lined up?

It sounds like a skilled piece of visual flying to me, but as I say, who knows?
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