Challenging Airports, Captain only airports?
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Challenging Airports, Captain only airports?
Just curious.
Interested to hear from those experienced with Jet time. I have been told MCY is captains only landing for a few A320 operators.
I know some struggle with a certain Melbourne 34 approach but anything else out there? HTI? CNS? Been told OOL is a prick when the weather turns..
Interested to hear from those experienced with Jet time. I have been told MCY is captains only landing for a few A320 operators.
I know some struggle with a certain Melbourne 34 approach but anything else out there? HTI? CNS? Been told OOL is a prick when the weather turns..
The only challenging thing about horn is the local procedures, radio experts and own voice lovers which broadcast excessively.
Plus it can also get pretty busy which makes it worse .
A dash 8 can pull up in a dime if you know what you are doing. I've seen the land in under 300m.
As for Captain only airports? Non that I know of. Captain only approaches? Yes. Within a set tolerance of the minima. Cat 3b, autoland etc etc. Captain preferred airports? Yes. You'd be looking for a cup of tea with the boss if you let a cadet land on a narrow runway with ANY crosswind or marginal weather.
But hey, I'm sure they can read about it and do it anyway. Experience is nothing these days
Plus it can also get pretty busy which makes it worse .
A dash 8 can pull up in a dime if you know what you are doing. I've seen the land in under 300m.
As for Captain only airports? Non that I know of. Captain only approaches? Yes. Within a set tolerance of the minima. Cat 3b, autoland etc etc. Captain preferred airports? Yes. You'd be looking for a cup of tea with the boss if you let a cadet land on a narrow runway with ANY crosswind or marginal weather.
But hey, I'm sure they can read about it and do it anyway. Experience is nothing these days
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Australia and New Zealand have some of the best flying space in the world. The majority of our infrastructure also ticks the boxes, not perfect, but it does the job. To give credit where credit is due places like Hamilton Island and Maroochy, as well as Wellington or Lord Howe can be pigs at times, but certainly not a patch on somewhere like the non forgiving Kai Tak.
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My old outfit in the sandpit used to have captain only restrictions on Kathmandu and Sana'a. My current one in Asia, restricts the landing to captain only in greater than 15 kts crosswind and all taxiing is done by the captain 
Doesn't bother the expats so much because we got that experience from elsewhere, but I do worry about the local cadets who can get chucked into the LHS of an A320 with 4 or 5 years flying experience and have NEVER landed a jet in a proper crosswind or indeed taxied one.
Doesn't bother the expats so much because we got that experience from elsewhere, but I do worry about the local cadets who can get chucked into the LHS of an A320 with 4 or 5 years flying experience and have NEVER landed a jet in a proper crosswind or indeed taxied one.
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NVSS Santo in the Pacific was a CA only airport: Short (2000m), narrow (30m) and terrain issues.
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Sanaa (OYSN)- at least it is in a Heavy.
CTL,
What an 'orrible place, particularly if the weather is a bit ordinary.
Not my favorite place for a night-stop, either.
Tootle pip!!
PS: Kai Tak the world's most dangerous airport ---- complete and un adulterated bollox. Every REAL pilot relished the challenge of places like that.
CTL,
What an 'orrible place, particularly if the weather is a bit ordinary.
Not my favorite place for a night-stop, either.
Tootle pip!!
PS: Kai Tak the world's most dangerous airport ---- complete and un adulterated bollox. Every REAL pilot relished the challenge of places like that.
Last edited by LeadSled; 28th Oct 2013 at 08:18.
Only if it is ICUS. Other than that the F/O is there to support the captain.
That said, landing in Sydney during curfew with more than 15 knots tail wind on 34L is a capt landing where I work.
I think "Captain's Only" doesn't make any sense. I mean, that you don't let the guy land who came fresh out of his linetraining ok. But how are the "soon to be commanders" ever going to learn if you keep them away from the harder stuff by imposing "Captain's only airports", "Captain's Taxi / Engine start / Ground comm's / Fuel decision's etc etc... An FO is a Commander in training isn't he?
