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Forum: Rumours & News
25th Mar 2011, 17:24
Replies: 1,357
Views: 811,009
Posted By Mercenary Pilot

I don't accept company culture as an excuse for...

I don't accept company culture as an excuse for these guys to do what they did. It is certainly something that should be looked at from a human factors point of view and maybe something can be learnt...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Mar 2011, 07:46
Replies: 1,357
Views: 811,009
Posted By Mercenary Pilot

Would they not have had a "Sink Rate" warning if...

Would they not have had a "Sink Rate" warning if the ROD was too high.
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Mar 2011, 16:42
Replies: 1,357
Views: 811,009
Posted By Mercenary Pilot

BALLSOUT, I certainly haven't edited my post in...

BALLSOUT, I certainly haven't edited my post in fact you have even quoted me in post #835. Maybe you misread it the first time.
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Mar 2011, 11:28
Replies: 1,357
Views: 811,009
Posted By Mercenary Pilot

I certainly never meant that. sevenstrokeroll...

I certainly never meant that. sevenstrokeroll said that maybe "someone caught a glimpse of the runway and ''went for it''. to which I replied, in that scenario, I would have thought someone to have...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Mar 2011, 18:53
Replies: 1,357
Views: 811,009
Posted By Mercenary Pilot

Actually that is correct, my mistake. But it...

Actually that is correct, my mistake.

But it does seem very odd to me that the PNF made both the 'Minima' and the 'Continue' call.
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Mar 2011, 18:17
Replies: 1,357
Views: 811,009
Posted By Mercenary Pilot

Thanks for that info bucket_and_spade, I hadn't...

Thanks for that info bucket_and_spade, I hadn't heard that before. It will be interesting to see what their SOP's state.
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Mar 2011, 17:17
Replies: 1,357
Views: 811,009
Posted By Mercenary Pilot

BALLSOUT, have you actually read the rest of the...

BALLSOUT, have you actually read the rest of the thread or indeed the report?

Nobody did call 'Go-around', the PNF called "minimas, ok continue" and the PF called "okay". No company I've ever...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Mar 2011, 21:48
Replies: 1,357
Views: 811,009
Posted By Mercenary Pilot

IMHO in that scenario, I would have thought...

IMHO in that scenario, I would have thought someone to have said ether "My controls" or "Land".

Also, if they had seen the runway during a missed approach on the first or second attempt, I'd have...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Mar 2011, 22:47
Replies: 1,357
Views: 811,009
Posted By Mercenary Pilot

I was prepared to give them the benefit of the...

I was prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt that the pressure instruments were 100' optimistic compared to what the investigators recovered from the TAWS GPS data.

However, TAWS:...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Mar 2011, 22:05
Replies: 1,357
Views: 811,009
Posted By Mercenary Pilot

Yes it was but it was down to the crew, the...

Yes it was but it was down to the crew, the management wasn't sitting there with a gun to their head making them bust DA.

If the pressure of being a professional pilot is too much, then walk...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Mar 2011, 21:35
Replies: 1,357
Views: 811,009
Posted By Mercenary Pilot

I think you are possibly jumping the gun for the...

I think you are possibly jumping the gun for the time being. There is nothing solid so far to say that the operator is negligent.

As I'm sure you are aware, low flight deck experience is very...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2011, 19:01
Replies: 1,357
Views: 811,009
Posted By Mercenary Pilot

Who is being politically correct?

Who is being politically correct?
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2011, 17:57
Replies: 1,357
Views: 811,009
Posted By Mercenary Pilot

I've met lots of 'Pedro the pilots' in my career...

I've met lots of 'Pedro the pilots' in my career only they were just as likely to be English, French, Scottish, Polish, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, South American, Yank etc etc etc

Poor...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2011, 09:07
Replies: 1,357
Views: 811,009
Posted By Mercenary Pilot

Which is quite normal in many operations.

Which is quite normal in many operations.
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Feb 2011, 10:18
Replies: 1,357
Views: 811,009
Posted By Mercenary Pilot

No I hadn't, thanks. I am still happy to...

No I hadn't, thanks.

I am still happy to wager that the crew did NOT make an illegal approach at this point.
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Feb 2011, 08:46
Replies: 1,357
Views: 811,009
Posted By Mercenary Pilot

Does anybody here know if the Irish CAA have an...

Does anybody here know if the Irish CAA have an Absolute Minima Procedure for ATC, similar to the UK CAA?* (MATS pt1 maybe?)


I sincerely doubt the crew made an approach below minima and I would...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Feb 2011, 13:05
Replies: 1,357
Views: 811,009
Posted By Mercenary Pilot

Flight crew named as Captain Jordi Gola Lopez...

Flight crew named as Captain Jordi Gola Lopez (Spanish) and First Officer Andrew Cantle (British).

The comments I've read on the thread have been hugely embarrassing and completely disrespectful...
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