Originally Posted by
Dropp the Pilot
Mr Pirate Pete
My wish for you is that when you next travel as a passenger your flight crew know the difference between a GPWS caution and a warning, know what to do in the event of either, and do what is required promptly without having a group discussion.
What you call "semantics" professionals would call "procedures".
Dropp... guess you dropped the ball on this one.
The guys flew into JFK at nighttime. There is no difference in actions at nighttime between the caution and the warning. The caution can only be ‘corrected’ in daytime VMC. Any other conditions warrant a terrain escape manoeuvre at the moment you get the caution...
MR8