View Full Version : Go around and try again, this time with wheels
jimworcs
11th Jun 2010, 14:49
"This is your Captain speaking. To avoid interferring with sensitive flight equipment during critical stages of flight, can I remind you to keep your mobiles phones switched off until you are in the terminal building."
Pilot 'texting during landing' (http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/pilot-texting-during-landing-20100611-y3l8.html)
Of course, as with hospitals, safety critical restrictions do not apply to staff.
Pilot Positive
11th Jun 2010, 14:57
Was the pilot who was texting PF? :hmm:
AltFlaps
11th Jun 2010, 15:17
If it's true, he should be fired
Give the job to professional a pilot instead
Piper_Driver
11th Jun 2010, 15:21
Reminds me of the story of the Los Angeles Metrolink engineer who crashed because he missed a stop signal while testing. :eek:
Report: Metrolink Engineer Texting With Teen Moments Before Killer Commuter Crash - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,421801,00.html)
At least we have additional backup safety systems in modern aircraft to give a second chance at boneheads who violate the most basic of safety procedures as well as common sense. :ugh:
ab33t
11th Jun 2010, 16:16
Ok this is crazy , both missed the gear , so they were texting each other
Di_Vosh
11th Jun 2010, 22:30
AO-2010-035 (http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2010/aair/ao-2010-035.aspx)
The report only states that the go-around was due to a config warning.
The rest (gear, mobile phone) appears to be speculation
DIVOSH!
faheel
11th Jun 2010, 22:39
Love the way the Monday morning quarterbacks are all out in force !
pathetic :mad:
Di_Vosh
12th Jun 2010, 01:48
Love the way the Monday morning quarterbacks are all out in force !
Dude! You must be jetlagged! It's Saturday morning :p :p :p
Centaurus
12th Jun 2010, 06:44
Reminds me of the story of the first officer who noticed the captain had not called for landing gear down during an ILS and dropped the hint diplomatically by saying "Do you want me to go ahead with the landing checklist, Captain - or would you prefer to concentrate on the ILS...."?:ouch:
brendan26
12th Jun 2010, 08:08
Never know they minght of had the i-Phone with the Garmin 430 App practising their R-NAV GNSS App??
:ok:
Pugilistic Animus
12th Jun 2010, 08:23
I'd better wait till confirmations before I write:oh:
ManaAdaSystem
12th Jun 2010, 08:51
Dude! You must be jetlagged! It's Saturday morning
He is probably EK.
A: He is complaining.
B: He is jetlagged.
C: In Dubai Friday is Sunday, so Saturday is Monday.
Piltdown Man
12th Jun 2010, 17:04
Over the years I've had several of these warnings and discontinued the approaches. Each time the aircraft has said the gear not was down and locked. Big deal. But the BIG question is, which plonker knows for SURE that these guys were distracted to such an extent that they forgot the gear? To know for sure, you'd have to be in the flight deck. And if you were that close it would be face arrangingly personal...
PM
flyburg
12th Jun 2010, 17:12
Hey there big man composed of different parts ;) you can avoid this by putting down the gear :O saves a lot of gas, or are you trying to say you got false warnings?
btw, how can you get quotes of people on this board? I don't have a little quote button on the bottom of posts like on other boards!
Sir Herbert Gussett
12th Jun 2010, 17:52
How do people know for sure that they were on their mobiles?
Hey there big man composed of different parts ;) you can avoid this by putting down the gear :O saves a lot of gas, or are you trying to say you got false warnings?
btw, how can you get quotes of people on this board? I don't have a little quote button on the bottom of posts like on other boards!
Click on 'Reply' for the post you want to quote and in the address bar where it says &noquote=1 change to &noquote=0
belfrybat
12th Jun 2010, 17:53
btw, how can you get quotes of people on this board? I don't have a little quote button on the bottom of posts like on other boards!Select and copy (Ctrl-C) the text you wish to quote. Hit the "Post reply" button at the bottom. Paste (Ctrl-V) the text, select it again. Hit the "Quote" symbol on the toolbar. If you're unsure which it is, just hover the mouse pointer over each symbol in turn until the tool-tip pops up. Add whatever text you wish. Sorted.
flash8
12th Jun 2010, 17:59
How do people know for sure that they (sic) were on their mobiles?
exactly.
mind you... they might pull the phone records (or threaten to!)
I've received emails from a captain of a UK airline whilst he was flying..more than once! And yes, I questioned it....his reply: autopilot flying.
Guess if this is true it may not be an isolated case :hmm:
421dog
13th Jun 2010, 03:36
Funny, all that leaving my cell on in-flight does is to make the battery run down really fast as it tries unsuccessfully to "shake hands" with the myriad cells I'm overflying at any one time.
When I'm on approach, I will sometimes get a bunch of voicemails which have accumulated, but I have never once had my phone ring above 10,000 ft.