Go-arounds to be scrapped at LHR
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Go-arounds to be scrapped at LHR
The BBC made us aware last night go-arounds are a very risky business and with that in mind they are no longer to be practiced at LHR.
To prevent the possiblity of a mid-air collision over london, all aircraft WILL land no matter what the circumsances eg. many other planes on the runway/broken down tug on runway/escaped animals running wildly around LHR as if its the serenghetii.
We hope this instills confidence in a clearly unsafe pastime.
To prevent the possiblity of a mid-air collision over london, all aircraft WILL land no matter what the circumsances eg. many other planes on the runway/broken down tug on runway/escaped animals running wildly around LHR as if its the serenghetii.
We hope this instills confidence in a clearly unsafe pastime.
Too many luvvies, saying can we do that again Captain, & would that count as a go around?
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Lets get the terminolgy right "luvvies" are actors who are too thick to think for themselves and read other peoples scripts.
Journalists write the words for documentaries and the actors, they know nothing about the subject and can make the opening of a can of beans an international crisis and disaster.
Researchers feed the journalists a brief story line gleaned from someone who was almost there when the beans were opened but heard about it from someone who heard about it from a checkout girl in the supermarket
Journalists write the words for documentaries and the actors, they know nothing about the subject and can make the opening of a can of beans an international crisis and disaster.
Researchers feed the journalists a brief story line gleaned from someone who was almost there when the beans were opened but heard about it from someone who heard about it from a checkout girl in the supermarket
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Blimey.. I thought go-arounds were a thing of the past since I retired? Long ago there was a real frightener developing on 28R (not the numbers) with only 50/50 chance of a departure beating a landing Vanguard. Vanguard, looking down at the dep rolling underneath him says: "What happens if I overshoot ?" Air man says: "You're not cleared to overshoot" so he landed! (Sorry for stone age phraseology)
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Same thing happened to me, same circumstances, same airline.
Going back to the Vanguard/Viscount, we were chatting at work yesterday and someone was recounting the tale of when a Trident was launched wheels up following a Viscount, and the Deps controller realised his error, came up on the R/T to the Viscount, just as if it was on the ground at the holding point: "xxx, pull over to the right, there's one to overtake you." He did, and it did!
Gonzo.
Going back to the Vanguard/Viscount, we were chatting at work yesterday and someone was recounting the tale of when a Trident was launched wheels up following a Viscount, and the Deps controller realised his error, came up on the R/T to the Viscount, just as if it was on the ground at the holding point: "xxx, pull over to the right, there's one to overtake you." He did, and it did!
Gonzo.
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As a frequent flyer I did not find the BBC programme
alarming as it was clearly a drama and not based on
facts, but from some of the incidents you are talking
about here I wonder when TCAS becomes operational.
If it doesn't work on taxiing to holding point, what height
or when does it come into effect?
alarming as it was clearly a drama and not based on
facts, but from some of the incidents you are talking
about here I wonder when TCAS becomes operational.
If it doesn't work on taxiing to holding point, what height
or when does it come into effect?