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Old 4th Dec 2012, 11:16
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Some (not so) pretty big breaches of airmanship here, with excessive descent rates both below MSA and below 1000' AGL - 1700+ down at 600 radio!!!??. At the 450' radio they were nowhere near the runway either. No doubt some serious goings-on in an office somewhere and I am certain RY will handle this incident properly. I would honestly expect demotion or dismissal for this episode (Vis Bearcat). What was PNF doing? Who was PF? A complete mental abberation?

However, there does appear to be some misinformation on this thread. Shy Torque - even as a rotating palm-tree driver you need to think about your comment 'rather than too low'!

No sign of 20-30kts on 'base leg' - or anywhere, come to that - all within 'limits'.

No sign of an intent to land half-way down the runway either.

Interesting wind plots if accurate, and they may have been experiencing a significant tailwind as they made their way in initially to 06.

As explained elsewhere 'Radar to visual' is by no means unusual.

As for 'sanctimonious claptrap going on here' - yes, we all can screw up approaches, especially visuals. It is when you quit that counts. Are you implying you would have done the same?
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