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Old 6th Nov 2010, 06:57
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Bizman
 
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@Gretchenfrage

... and despite dumping fuel, they only just stopped short of the end of that 4000 m runway.

Hmmmm ... we have no slats, half reverse thrust, wet runway, are over MLW and have a No. 1 that we don't know how much residual thrust may still be generating. ..... But, no, you want to hang the SOPs, just get 'er down Bud, and let's run 'er off the end of the runway; and if we loose a bunch of paxs to broken legs, fractured spines etc as we emergency evac them out the slides, and some walk into the still-running No1, we can explain it all later to the press that we just wanted to get 'er on the deck!

I suggest you do a grave disservice to that crew that obviously evaluated the situation as fully as they could, and ensured that every one walked away gracefully from a crippled bird that returned in better shape than expected.

Its easier to criticise a crew from where you are sitting now, than to make a good decision from where they were sitting then.
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