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Old 19th Feb 2012, 11:24
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drive73
 
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I think what your all missing is the pm must be able to recognize when the pf is in a tunnel. You can make all the calls you want if the pf is in the tunnel it won't matter.
This is where experience comes in, or special training in recognition of this state. One can't expect a low time pilot or one with no experience with training to recognize it. India and other countries with 250 hour new hires will always have this problem. The absence of being a flight instructor is big. When you spend 2-3 thousand hours with people trying to kill you on a daily basis, recognition of these issues and how to deal with them is much easier and quicker. This needs to be trained for in these kinds of countries. There was not one response to the go around calls or automated calls, not one. No recognition until it was too late, a good pilot probably, but no recognition of a tunnel visioned capt. I am quite sure he knew something was screwed up, but this was probably his first experience with it and this caused confusion in his mind. They should put these kinds of things in regular training.
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