Airbus Girl,
The only people who knew if there was thick fog on the approach/ threshold are the pilots on this approach
Really? Bloke in the tower? Ranger guy in the landy, where was he? Anyone else at the hold waiting? Aircraft 5 or 10 miles behind them?
On the ground you can be in thick fog and then 10m later be in a clear patch
So are you saying that I can't see fog 10m away? If I could see fog 10m away would I say it was a gin clear day?
So please can all the non commercial pilots please stop saying it was a gin clear day
Are commercial pilots, like you and I, the only people capable of seeing the weather? Non-commercial pilots (whatever that means) don't know what fog looks like?
At the time and place the jet landed, the only people who knew the weather at that specific point of the airport would have been the pilots.
Agreed but entirely irrelevant. We are more concerned with the visual range down the runway rather than "that specific point of the airport" are we not?
And yes, I am a pilot, thousands of hours on jets and yes, LVO qualified.
Good for you.