The Captain was an instructor.
And he called maintenance control to see whether it was safe to continue.
The blind leading the blind, so to speak.
Perhaps some now will understand just why I am, personally, so critical of American Airlines, and their so-called operating procedures.
Landing during a
big thunderstorm at Little Rock...with a system Chief Pilot at the helm, no less....
Cali, Colombia, rushed approach, no briefing, descending toward a
clearly unsuitable waypoint, pulling up with speed brakes extended to avoid GPWS alerts....
A300-600 pilot induced rudder inputs, so that engines, vertical tail soon departed...
Hello, anyone see a cause and effect here?
I sure as hell do.
The oldtimers in charge of training have long since retired, and the new bunch 'in charge' haven't a clue.
Long story short...expect more of the same type of nonsense.