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Old 17th Feb 2009, 23:54
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PAXboy
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A great risk for the reason you state. Since pax have zero idea what happens on the other side of the door, taking it away will not help! I recall arriving into STN on a dark, blustery, rainy night on a GO 733 (I think) in November '99. I was in the jumpseat for reasons that do not matter. I was wearing headphones, and been briefed on what to expect and had been in a jumpseat several times before.

The FO worked VERY hard and brought off a great landing that had my toes curling as we reached threshold. The nose was off the centre line with the gusting wind but, at touch down he brought it smoothly back into line and all was beautiful. BUT he really did have to wrestle with the stick and anyone not expecting that and - and the flurry of switch pushing and lever operating - would not benefit! Certainly any anxious pax would need an ambulance.
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