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Forum: Rumours & News

18th Mar 2017, 13:54

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So WestJet almost puts one of their 737 in the water while landing at St-Maarten...

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Posted By Herod

Rat5. I have to agree with you. I can't remember...

Rat5. I have to agree with you. I can't remember whether the altimeter check was SOP or whether it was just something I did. I've been retired over twelve years now, and things slip out of the mind.

Forum: Rumours & News

16th Mar 2017, 22:00

Replies: 326

So WestJet almost puts one of their 737 in the water while landing at St-Maarten...

Views: 237,353

Posted By Herod

Rat5, are you suggesting that an altimeter check...

Rat5, are you suggesting that an altimeter check is a bad practice? Yes, I concede baro and rad alts will only agree over the sea, but even in other situations it does give a prompt to check that...

Forum: Rumours & News

16th Mar 2017, 08:01

Replies: 326

So WestJet almost puts one of their 737 in the water while landing at St-Maarten...

Views: 237,353

Posted By Herod

All this talk about mis-set altimeters. Whatever...

All this talk about mis-set altimeters. Whatever happened to "Rad Alt live, altimeter check"? Particularly at a sea-level airport.

Forum: Rumours & News

14th Mar 2017, 22:10

Replies: 326

So WestJet almost puts one of their 737 in the water while landing at St-Maarten...

Views: 237,353

Posted By Herod

I'm puzzled. Surely they had some indication of...

I'm puzzled. Surely they had some indication of distance-to-run, even if they just set an extended centreline manually several miles from the threshold. Altimetry error should be discounted on this...

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