'Air scare as jet wheels burst'
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'Air scare as jet wheels burst'
The Sun's headline not mine I hasten to add.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007080474,00.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007080474,00.html
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ARGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!
What a load of crap? Who reads this dung? I certainly hope we do not chop down trees in some nice green forest to have stinky slop like this printed on it?
"It climbed up sharply......to avoid crashing....." er...it did a go-around? a missed approach? an Overshoot? no....WAIT......IT CLIMBED SHARPLEY LIKE A ROCKET FROM A LAUNCH PAD TO AVOID THE CATYLCLISMIC COLLISSSION THAT WAS INEVITABLE DUE TO THE PRESSURIZED TUBES OF AIR DISINTERGRATING IN A GREAT BALL OF FLAME, SMOKE AND BITS, REDERING THE STRICKEN CRAFT UNCONTROLLABLE ON THE CONCRETE SURFACE, AND LEAVING IT TO RESORT TO THE EMERGENCY MANUAL SYSTEM AND MAKING THE SKY PILOT A HERO TO THE MANY THOUSANDS OF CITIZENS HE SAVED ON THAT GLORIOUS DAY OF FREEDOM, AND HEROISM"
Think I could apply for a job as a sun reporter??????
Language, language, Felix !
Ontariotech is right to vent his sarcasm, albeit a little extreme.
The professionals on this (our) forum are getting a little peeved at some of the overdramatic rubbish which is regularly presented as news in the gutter press, particularly by an obviously-uninformed female junior.
00.03 ??? Shouldn't you be in bed, ready to study again tomorrow......and leave the flying business to the professional guys who have to cope with whatever is thrown at us, day after long day ?
Sleeve.
Ontariotech is right to vent his sarcasm, albeit a little extreme.
The professionals on this (our) forum are getting a little peeved at some of the overdramatic rubbish which is regularly presented as news in the gutter press, particularly by an obviously-uninformed female junior.
00.03 ??? Shouldn't you be in bed, ready to study again tomorrow......and leave the flying business to the professional guys who have to cope with whatever is thrown at us, day after long day ?
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Wow! Now THAT was a close one 
I guess some (most?) of the passengers will testify (no doubt with the help of a juicy backhander from The Sun 
) to have seen their life flash in front of their eyes "It was a really narrow miss"... how would he know? What was the actual minimum separation?
Cheers
I guess some (most?) of the passengers will testify (no doubt with the help of a juicy backhander from The Sun ) to have seen their life flash in front of their eyes "It was a really narrow miss"... how would he know? What was the actual minimum separation?Cheers
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Alas, it's not just the Sun. Bloomberg, that supposedly sober provider of financial news, is now seemingly going into the ASI calibration business:
At least the article didn't mention how many yards away the nearest primary school/hospital was.
The plane was moving more quickly than normal as it landed
and hit the ground hard, according to a Bloomberg reporter who
was aboard. Passengers felt at least one tire blow, and the plane
veered to the left and then the right before coming to a halt
about 10 yards (10 meters) short of the landing lights at the end
of the runway and 200 yards from the water of the docks, he said.
and hit the ground hard, according to a Bloomberg reporter who
was aboard. Passengers felt at least one tire blow, and the plane
veered to the left and then the right before coming to a halt
about 10 yards (10 meters) short of the landing lights at the end
of the runway and 200 yards from the water of the docks, he said.
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How close to the end of the runway does a normal landing take an aircraft? I know LCY is on the short side and is used by specific types, so one would expect it to be a lot closer than using those types on a longer runway. Given the layout at LCY, I assume it is necessary to go to the end at the Eastern side just to turn around.
Good old media, doing a great job with the molehills.
Good old media, doing a great job with the molehills.
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With the greatest of respect to all of you professional pilots, I suggest you are missing one blindingly obvious trueism that is obviouslt not taught at professional pilots school:
perceptions equal reality!
It matters not that your hard landing/ barrel roll/ whatever is perfectly safe/ within company SOP's/ regulations whatever. if you continue to scare the bejesus out of your customers, no matter how ignorant and uninformed they are, you will ultimately work your self out of a job.
As a simple PPl today i watched a circling NDB approach. Could i tell the difference between this and a cowboy approach? No! Until I asked.
For Christ sake, if you want to continue in your profession, give your customers a little respect.
perceptions equal reality!
It matters not that your hard landing/ barrel roll/ whatever is perfectly safe/ within company SOP's/ regulations whatever. if you continue to scare the bejesus out of your customers, no matter how ignorant and uninformed they are, you will ultimately work your self out of a job.
As a simple PPl today i watched a circling NDB approach. Could i tell the difference between this and a cowboy approach? No! Until I asked.
For Christ sake, if you want to continue in your profession, give your customers a little respect.
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1199m = 1 mile ? must be true, great I,m gonna use that factor of 1.34 to impress all the girls in future. Oh and note to self,stay away from those manual brakes even if they are the only ones I have.
What quality !
Later
SP
PS 10,000 pax a day - ****!
What quality !
Later
SP
PS 10,000 pax a day - ****!
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YesTAM - "Perceptions equal reality" - not in commercial aviation they don't! Accident/Incident investigation is all about facts; that's what the AAIB, NTSB, BEA etc are for.
Most posters here do not mind passengers relating their experiences to the press; what we object to is the press spicing it all up with some juicy headlines, end-of-the-world (but details-less) testimonies and simplistic drawings - as to explain where the tyres are on an aircraft
Since the BAe 146 series has no reverse thrust, in case of autobrake failure, I would indeed expect the PF to use (heavy) manual braking!
Cheers
Most posters here do not mind passengers relating their experiences to the press; what we object to is the press spicing it all up with some juicy headlines, end-of-the-world (but details-less) testimonies and simplistic drawings - as to explain where the tyres are on an aircraft
Since the BAe 146 series has no reverse thrust, in case of autobrake failure, I would indeed expect the PF to use (heavy) manual braking!
Cheers
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There is so much whinging on this site about journo this and journo that, (and by the way it's akin to footballers complaining to the ref - it will achieve nothing), that I'm begining to suspect theat some journo's write up a story with even more shock/horror wording than normal JUST so they can log on here for a giggle at you lot wetting your knickers!
You can't do anything about it so why not give up on all the hand wringing?
You can't do anything about it so why not give up on all the hand wringing?