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Old 2nd Dec 2007, 15:43
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wawkrk
 
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I think most of us accept that Rainboe's acid comments are close to the mark.
I am only SLF but over the years I have probably been a pax on several hundred LBA flights going back to the sixties.
However, LBA is not on my list of scary experiences.In fact, nowhere near.
I have experienced conditions even with a 1 wheel sideways touch and go in awful weather.
But, I must say,I never really felt worried or scared. In particular,some of the Jet2 drivers perform absolute greasers in bad conditions.
And, on 32,most try to stop before the first turn off at 5400ft.
I have only been diverted twice in all those years.
My worst landing ever? At Gatwick during a gale.
Many airports are on hills. In fact, I think many seem to be. Look at Bilbao, the runway is on a bloody shelf.
I nearly always experience hard landings in Warsaw, I don't know why because the place is flat.
Then consider the infamous Kai Tak,the heavy drivers really miss the place, looking into people's apartments on the approach.
I once went in during a typhoon.Best landing ever.(BA First Officer flying)
So, in conclusion, we cannot move the place so let's make the best of it.
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