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Neville,
You're certainly not a nobody, the exquisite irony of posting about inept pilots not checking before landing at the wrong airport on the wrong thread is quite an achievement.
You're certainly not a nobody, the exquisite irony of posting about inept pilots not checking before landing at the wrong airport on the wrong thread is quite an achievement.
It was defintely posted in the other thread and was somehow duplicated in this one. Some sort of tech issue. Not the first time it has happened to me though. Last time I spotted it straight away but not this one.
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FAA BOARD OF ENQUIRY.
'Captain, why did you land on the wrong runway?'
CAPTAIN
'It was defintely selected in the other FMC and was somehow duplicated in the other one. Some sort of tech issue. Not the first time it has happened to me though. Last time I spotted it straight away but not this one.'
'Captain, why did you land on the wrong runway?'
CAPTAIN
'It was defintely selected in the other FMC and was somehow duplicated in the other one. Some sort of tech issue. Not the first time it has happened to me though. Last time I spotted it straight away but not this one.'
I started prepping the wrong plane once for a flight to Milan. Imagine our surprise when the correct crew turned up!
Us: What are you doing? I didn't know we had positioning crew.
Them: We're not positioning; we're operating.
Us: Well you must be on the wrong aircraft. This is the ABC to Milan.
Them: No it's not, it's the XYZ to Oslo!
Us: (Glancing at the registration plate) Ah, yes. Well spotted. You've passed the initial part of this unscheduled line check!
Us: What are you doing? I didn't know we had positioning crew.
Them: We're not positioning; we're operating.
Us: Well you must be on the wrong aircraft. This is the ABC to Milan.
Them: No it's not, it's the XYZ to Oslo!
Us: (Glancing at the registration plate) Ah, yes. Well spotted. You've passed the initial part of this unscheduled line check!
Some years ago; there's 30-odd aircraft on the ramp in the middle of the night and it's cold. Crew bus drops us off and we embark. F/O gets the APU running (to get some heat) and I get into the left seat and pick up the tech log to have a good look. Our fleet is mixed; some with EFIS instruments and some with clockwork. I get to the second page of the tech log and suddenly realise that something is not right. "Bloody hell" said I to the F/O "they've fitted 'AR' with EFIS over the weekend"!
No; we were in 'AH' and not in 'AR'.
So we shut down quite rapidly and set off into the night to find the right aeroplane!
I also know of another case where the ground engineer got into the flight deck and was surprised to find a crew going through their pre-departure checks. "You can't take this aircraft, it's U/S" said he. Confusion reigned. It then transpired that not only was the ground engineer in the wrong aeroplane, it actually belonged to another airline!
No; we were in 'AH' and not in 'AR'.
So we shut down quite rapidly and set off into the night to find the right aeroplane!
I also know of another case where the ground engineer got into the flight deck and was surprised to find a crew going through their pre-departure checks. "You can't take this aircraft, it's U/S" said he. Confusion reigned. It then transpired that not only was the ground engineer in the wrong aeroplane, it actually belonged to another airline!
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Orginally posted by Neville_nobody
It was defintely posted in the other thread and was somehow duplicated in this one. Some sort of tech issue. Not the first time it has happened to me though. Last time I spotted it straight away but not this one.
Strange sort of duplication, there is a SIMILAR post in the other thread but the content is subtly different, bit like two airport runways in close proximity on the same heading but at different airports
It was defintely posted in the other thread and was somehow duplicated in this one. Some sort of tech issue. Not the first time it has happened to me though. Last time I spotted it straight away but not this one.
Strange sort of duplication, there is a SIMILAR post in the other thread but the content is subtly different, bit like two airport runways in close proximity on the same heading but at different airports
