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Old 14th May 2008, 21:18
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Angry Aaaarrrrhhh, the "rocket science" is back in flying!

Call 1: "Eighty"

Call 2: "Ninety"

If no response - STOP! (or "abandon" as my not-for-much-longer current lot prefers).

That should mean that the stop is initiated at no more than 100 kt. - and I sure hope that none of our FO's get through the training system without being able to acomplish this safely.

Look at it this way - if they cannot manage a stop from 100 kt. - what do you think their chances are on a single-pilot circuit? Or a diversion, for the matter? Or surviving another bad decision they make while on their own?

Even if we do a 40-kt overrun, we'll in all likelihood all walk away from it (with the captain being the only possible exception to that rule).

If everybody is so worried about FOs handling a 100-kt.-abort, we shouldn't confuse these poor, feeble individuals any further and simply stay the party line: "Follow your operators SOPs".

Sometimes I really wonder...

Last edited by Empty Cruise; 14th May 2008 at 21:37. Reason: ...forgot a word that actually made some of it make sense...
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