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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

9th Mar 2023, 16:29

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NTSB to probe Fedex/Southwest close encounter at Austin

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Posted By alfaman

That's hindsight, not situation awareness.

That's hindsight, not situation awareness.

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

20th Feb 2023, 15:09

Replies: 488

NTSB to probe Fedex/Southwest close encounter at Austin

Views: 124,423

Posted By alfaman

I'm not convinced anyone can claim there's...

I'm not convinced anyone can claim there's nothing wrong with any procedure, until such times as the investigation is complete. The Heathrow analogy wouldn't arise, as they use different runways for...

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

19th Feb 2023, 12:16

Replies: 488

NTSB to probe Fedex/Southwest close encounter at Austin

Views: 124,423

Posted By alfaman

Yet it seems aircrew are basing their approach on...

Yet it seems aircrew are basing their approach on what they perceive the situation to be, rather than in agreement with ATC that the airport is prepared for them to do so? You can fly a Cat 3...

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

19th Feb 2023, 09:48

Replies: 488

NTSB to probe Fedex/Southwest close encounter at Austin

Views: 124,423

Posted By alfaman

I may have misunderstood, but from my ATC EU...

I may have misunderstood, but from my ATC EU experience, that seems fraught with danger. As I recall it, ATC were responsible for defining whether the airport was operating in CAT 3 conditions, if...

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

6th Feb 2023, 12:34

Replies: 488

NTSB to probe Fedex/Southwest close encounter at Austin

Views: 124,423

Posted By alfaman

It was the mid eighties, I think, not long after...

It was the mid eighties, I think, not long after I started: ironically, as I recall it, the change was driven because the "overshoot" term was ambiguous. It was sometimes used in the US to denote the...

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