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Old 19th Jul 2013, 01:37
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The QF landing and previous autolands these past few weeks has begun to concern me. Unless the report is leaving out something, did qf declare a pan and fuel emergency? If not , why not. They busted minimums. Why did they bust minimums and land with 2.1, almost 1hr? My concern is not a qf vs va thing, but perhaps there is a more accepted culture at qf of autoland below minima etc that has crept in?

Reminds me of my old job where the gpws was very intermittent. Everybody just kept flying it like that because that's the way it has always been until a new pilot came in and essentially said wtf! We got so used to it thought it was ok.

Hopefully I'm wrong and more facts to come.
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