Really interesting to read many of the posts on this issue, especially from those who appear to be well placed in understanding how serious incidents and accidents come about.
Not applying standard phraseologies may not be the sole cause in such an event, but has occurred frequently enough to be worthy of a mention in comprehensive studies such as here;
http://www.eurocontrol.int/runwaysaf...eanAction.html That is, they are one (often large) hole in the Swiss cheese model. Line a couple more and bingo!
To suggest that MAN has a procedure for one runway that should be considered outside the scope of globally acceptable procedures being applied to ALL parallel runways (wether active or not, day night or otherwise) would lead us to a matrix of procedures being different for all those airports that have some quirks that differ from the norm. Now wouldn’t that be lovely.
Think about the poor sod who flies in just once in a blue moon, and how does he cope with these differences. Time for some to get out and smell the roses – not always smelling pretty when sh1tz are trumps and you’re holding a handful!
