Originally Posted by
1201alarm
None of the critical spirits here are talking of the first go around, no issue with that, you better take your time when the warning hits you cold.
However, it's interesting to hear that in some companies SOP's have to be strictly followed even in case you could clearly establish that the system is malfunctioning. Children of the magenta also comes to my mind.
Man where have we gotten in this industry...
Good question, but was it really a malfunction ?
Think about a fully loaded plane with litte bit of extra fuel for holding etc., lets say around 390 t. Heavy rain and in the final calculation the System is using the actual conditions for recalculation based on contaminated runway. If you add now some tailwind to that recipe, you might end up with an runway to short warning.
Edit: Even Chuck Yeager would be amazed about the number of "Top Gun User" in this Thread.