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Old 8th Sep 2014, 16:54
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@ vilas -

Are you stupid or something?

"Even the best pilot in the world would have landed in the sea had he continued to 20ft without sighting the runway."

Surely if you follow the LOC and GS down to 20 feet, then miss, you won't hit the sea... Surely there's a runway where the LOC and GS meet terra firma no? Or in this case - the magenta LNAV-VNAV guidance down to the RWY point.

At least most airports I've been to that seems to be the case.

If it was poor SOPs but excellent flying skills they would have hit the runway at 1500 feet and slammed on the brakes without seeing a thing! Duhhhhh

(disclaimer - I don't support that sort of landing!)

No, the SOPs are by the by. In fact, I'm sure they were crap too. But the major factor here is useless pilots. You pay peanuts, you get these foolish monkeys. That's a fact for any of these cowboy outfits.

What airline in their right mind would hire pilots from Lionair? I mean, really?
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