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Old 23rd Apr 2011, 08:51
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Andu
 
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The F27 into Willy brings back a few memories... The circuit, shared by types with such different performance, could present both the F18 and F27 drivers with a challenge. The F18s rejoined through initial at 1500' (and 350+ knots?) and the F27s joined the circuit at 1000' and ~130 knots.

The system worked a treat... until one of the MEL F27 check captains came up to show the Sydney drivers how it should be done. (Because most of the SYD checkies didn't even rate a command in MEL... and as for the SYD line captains, most of them wouldn't even rate a block as an FO in Melbourne, so how could they possibly be up to Melbourne's high standards?)

The MEL checkie was horrified when a SYD pilot on is initial command check blithely joined the circuit at 1000' as an F18 thundered by 500' (and ****ing miles away!!) above him. Instant fail! Wouldn't even let him fly the aircraft back to Sydney.

The failed candidate has been flying in the left seat of a B747 for quite some years now.
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