Originally Posted by
notapilot15
So the latest tactic is to claim other airlines are doing the same.
Particularly EK now is saying its rosters are comparable to US Regionals.
I am also surprised to see Sir Brigade linking Air India Express Mangalore incident to fatigue, when it was concluded as CRM issue where Captain(PF) ignored more experienced (with that tabletop airport)FO's repeated warnings. FO tried to recover but was too late.
Captain took a quick nap at some point during the 3 hour flight which was/is allowed per that CAA regulations.
According to rumor mill, that accident is one of the reasons Indian carriers avoid hiring expat pilots.
The Air India Express Captain from Serbia was tired, there was snoring heard on the CVR during cruise and some parts of descend. The Captain was hesitant on making the touchdown, he wanted to avoid a go around as much as possible. Even after being high on the G/S, he pushed for a landing with AB2 (instead of the usual AB3 used in Mangalore) and landed beyond the TDZ, then came to know braking was insufficient and engaged manual braking hardly, which had burst one of the MLG, knowing the plane wouldn't stop with the remaining runway left he then initiated TO/GA (yes, against Boeing norms with reverses on) but it was too late and the wingtip clipped the LOC antenna as the aircraft overshot the runway, rolled down the hill and flamed up ... thats what the reports said
Pilot error.. fatigue? now thats the Q