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Old 27th Oct 2009, 23:55
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kenhughes
 
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For the love of god ... as movable ballast, may I ask:

Are there any pilots left out there who actually know what they're doing?

"Oh, it's not the pilots' fault, there should be traffic lights at crossing points." How much brain power does it take to look out of the window when approaching a runway - whether cleared to cross or not? A great big 757 thundering towards you should give you a clue that you may need to stop!

"Oh, it's not the pilots' fault, the runways should be lit better than the taxiways then we poor pilots won't be confused and land on the wrong one".

"Oh it's not the pilots fault, the government should have sent fighter jets up to attract their attention and alert them to the fact that they'd missed the destination airport by 150 miles."

OK, rant over, but the question remains.
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