Fog Question ?
Ok, might be speaking out of turn here and in the wrong forum (so mods, feel free to move) as a long time lurking SLF but sat here in Knutsford, Cheshire, right under the flightpath of Manchester Airport and was chatting to a colleague who flew in from Aberdeen this morning, he had some delays, MAN is down to single runway operations and they ended up circling for a bit due to the fog, which has since descended again, I can hear planes overhead but cant see them.
So, we were talking, all being slight plane geek/enthusiast and fairly frequent fliers about what it must be like to be a pilot in these low visibility conditions so were wondering what pilots feel like when its like that as despite the technology, training, professionalism, procedures and dilligent ATC we reckopn it must still be a little bit scary, driving in was bad enough so pilotting a massive airliner must be disconcerting as itis a bit of a leap of faith doing 200 odd mph on approach when you cant see a bloody thing, I always get uneasy when we descend through thick cloud.
So, hats off to those sat at the front and we are interested in how you feel in these situations, is it business as usual or do you sit there, like us, feeling a bit twitchy ?