Are you too swept up in your own self importance to realise that there is a difference between landing at an uncontrolled airport and landing at a controlled airport that has, for whatever reason, become uncontrolled?!
First off, read the post just above yours for the answer of how to operate at a controlled airport that has become uncontrolled. All it takes is common sense, experience and judgment. If you lack such attributes, so be it and land somewhere else, where the tower can 'talk you down'. I certainly would not like to push a pilot into a situation you/they cannot handle.
As for the self importance bit, you started off with insults, not me. I don't consider myself important enough to insult people I have no knowledge of and do not know.
I could, if I chose, proudly display my flying experience, both military and civil, for you all to see but again it's irrelevant and you wouldn't know if it's accurate or a blatant lie. Besides, I don't feel the need to do so anyway. So what's your point?
When you are challenging experience pilots on subjects such as we are discussing, one believes that all should give some idea of one's background and experience to lend credence to their views. Especially when that person uses insults in an attempt to make points, such as you did.
Call it common courtesy.
Did my reference to controlled and UNcontrolled airports not make that clear to you? Is it only experienced pilots that fly into uncontrolled airports? No, my very first hour was flown at an uncontrolled airport. So shock horror a sub 21,000 hour pilot understands how uncontrolled airports operate. Golly!
Sad to say my very first hour was flown at a controlled RAF Station, so I guess I was not as fortunate as yourself. However, in sequential 40 plus years I operated off of many, many uncontrolled airports, in fact some airports that in fact were not actual proper airports.
Again, I, as many other experienced pilots here have stated that there was no danger involved landing at DCA as is under discussion. If you have a problem with that, so be it.
But believe it or not, you are not the know all, end all of aviation safety.
Course neither am I, but I know that.
Thank you, I shall.
