the captain stated that flaps 30 “was normal for this situation,” and further stated that “for these conditions and for the go-around, flaps 30 was the better choice.”
Igh's quote.
If only.
strong tailwind, wet runway... and then floating. To err is human. There were 2 pilots, one is going to be cognitively impaired due to the workload demands, where on earth is the other one?
After proving that decisions are not well conducted in time critical events (have a look at the end of any runway for evidence... or at the tire tracks on some taxi ways....) as a profession we can only conclude that whatever we have been doing to date, CRM/ERM/HF, sitting around singing
Kumbaya feeling warm fuzzies, does not add up to a reliably safe outcome.
But, I guess absolute safety is not economically acceptable, and the system appears to be happily devolving, not improving, anyway.
There is probably no runway anywhere in the world where a crew has not attempted to park shiny aluminium tubes off the end. The solution to this is don't place markets/houses at the end of runways... more chance of that happening than the decision making of crews suddenly becoming perfect at all times.
