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Old 8th September 2002 | 20:25
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pilotwolf

Helicopter Pilots Get It Up Quicker
 
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I seem to remember recently an aircraft suffered a bird strike on touch down/roll which ended up in a contamintated runway state.

The number 1 to land was advised to expect a go around, this was noted without question and as required he went around.

The number 2, now number 1, was also told that a go around was likely - this was immediately questioned by the pilot. The situation was explained to him with regards to the runway contamination. By this time a go around was necessary. The pilot/?commander STILL argued the point and reasons behind the controllers descision, presumably with his fingers on the toga button...

As a lowly rotary CPL I found this exchange unbelievable and extremely unproffesional on the part of the flight crew.

The controller correctly stood his ground to a rude and in my opinion an unprofessional commander. Had he landed and incurred an incident I wonder who would have taken the bulk of the stick?

TImes, dates and operating company deliberately left out to protect the guilty.
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