Originally Posted by
jimjim1
The idea that a major airport such as San Francisco should simply turn off the ILS glide slope for a few months because they wanted to relocate the antenna seems to me to be preposterous.
Nothing preposterous about it. This isn't the only runway there.
None of our stuff is life critical.
Neither is the glide slope. Once again, this isn't the only runway there.
San Fran airport might have saved a few million dollars by not using a similar procedure - Hopefully the victims of their careless exposure of innocent people to unnecessary risk will ensure that it costs then dearly.
This isn't the airport's problem. Pilots are trained to execute a visual approach without a glide slope weather and conditions permitting. I live 5 miles from the airport and trust me, weather and wind were more than permitting that day - it was perfect.
Ford Pinto anyone?
What is Ford Pinto here is the endless beatdowns of forced automation and punitive damages against pilots who play it safe and go around when needed. Nothing is more Ford Pinto than what the aviation industry is doing to pilot training and safety in the name of $$$.