Pilot pressure caused errors
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A JETSTAR Airbus A320 slipped to within 51 metres of the ground during a botched, aborted landing at Melbourne airport, as pilots fumbled with wrong flap settings and a cacophony of cockpit alarms, Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigators have found.
A sequence of mistakes on a July 28 evening flight from Newcastle to Melbourne left the pilot flying the plane - a cadet recruit with just 300 hours Airbus flying experience - overwhelmed. The captain sitting next to him was so busy trying to recover the situation that his capacity was also compromised.
Jetstar botched landing at Melbourne Airport | Pilot pressure caused errors
But, how could this be? We have public statements from the CEO of Jetstar John Buchanan that he considers inexperienced pilots to be preferable to experienced recruits..?
Surely the CEO of an airline would know of the fundamental connection between experience and safety in aviation? He does have complete and in-depth knowledge of the complexity and intricacies of flight operations...doesn't he?
Jetstar CEO Bruce Buchanan, has previously publicly insisted that inexperienced pilots were preferable to experienced recruits. He has been comprehensively rebuffed for such dangerous fantasies by the Senate inquiry. The disdain some low cost and legacy airline managements often have for pilot training standards pose a serious threat to flight safety world wide.
Ben Sandilands:
http://www.pprune.org/dg-p-reporting...ml#post6533087
Perhaps the chickens are coming home to roost. And perhaps the JQ claptrap about safety being a priority from the management morons at JQ is truly just an empty and meaningless mantra to soothe the ill-informed and trusting public.