Originally Posted by I-FORD
There have been other events of runway excursion involving A320 in a single reverse configuration.
Same airplane, different runways.
To me the airplane gets priority.
PBL has repeatedly drummed upon (the impossibility of) prioritising root causes.
Just a few simple questions on your professed priority argument:
- How many incidents have there been in which this particular thust-lever handling mistake was a causal factor?
- How many runway excursions have there been, in which a short runway was a causal factor? (It doesn't matter if you call it "primary cause" or "contributing factor", if the accident had been prevented by its absence, it is a necessary causal factor.)
- How many runway excursions have there been on long (2.5+ km?) runways?
So on what basis do you prioritise the thrust lever handling mistake over a short runway?
I believe in the end, the arguement for concentrating on the aircraft is a political one. It seems to much easier to "fix the aircraft", or blame people, than to extend a runway in a densely populated area.
Bernd