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Old 9th Dec 2010, 06:14
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bonvol
 
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Awww Ok then.

Heard the following story from a mate of a mate of a mate.

As we know Check Captains sit in the office all day dreaming up sneaky check questions but occasionally do the odd line flight. This was one.

Its night and CC "Ace" is flying into Sydney at night landing on RWY 34.
The parking bay is one of the usual up near the Ansett terminal.
The briefing is "we will hold off on ground fine pitch so we can take the last taxiway and not hold anyone up". This was pretty standard procedure on the line but it was a bit unexpected for a checkie to do it.
At about 50 feet "Ace" decides to not touchdown but fly level up the runway till past the intersection. There he very smoothly touches down. Still no GFP and whoops there goes the taxiway. F/O utters expletive. The penny drops and he goes for it, somehow missing the selection but gets it next go. As anyone who has hit the brakes hard on an F27 knows not much happens for a few secs but then things start to really happen. The maxarets get a very good workout and the thing pulls up just short of using the whole nine yards. Not much talking happening now.

Fast forward a few days and memo comes out. Pilots must land at the normal touchdown point on RWY 34 under all circumstances.
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