deltex1
Gold Member
Shouldn't they have been Warning the pilots concerning the approach? What were they watching??
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Maybe there was a gay pride parade going on somewhere in San Franfreako, and the control tower was seriously understaffed?
Pilots make the go-around decision, not the tower.I thought air traffic controllers were responsible for planes in the air and told
pilots what course,altitude and runway to make their approach on.
So I think at some point someone on the ground should have seen that the approach
was wrong and told them to go around and get in a better position to make their landing attempt.
Just stop, what a stupid thread. The blame for this falls on the pilot and possibly the airline responsible for maintaining the aircraft, it has absolutely nothing to do with control tower staff.
Just stop, what a stupid thread. The blame for this falls on the pilot and possibly the airline responsible for maintaining the aircraft, it has absolutely nothing to do with control tower staff.
Exactly!
Maybe there was a gay pride parade going on somewhere in San Franfreako, and the control tower was seriously understaffed?
Air traffic controllers don't "issue safety alerts" They call the pilots and tell them they are flying too low.
Just stop, what a stupid thread. The blame for this falls on the pilot and possibly the airline responsible for maintaining the aircraft, it has absolutely nothing to do with control tower staff.
Exactly!
According to the news, it was learn-while-you-earn ---- the pilot had never before landed a 777.
Hmmmmmm. I wonder if it was really all that cost-prohibitive to let him practice a few times before he did it for real.....
Air controllers issue a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) to advise them of situations such as closed runways, ILS non-functioning and thousands of other things affecting air safety. The ILS (Instrument Landing System) was known to be out for runway repairs. Pilots can still make VFR landings. (Visual Flight Rules) and there are other devices to aid them in landing such as PAPI (Precision Approach Path Indicator) lights...they are red when you're dead (too low), white when you're light (too high). There is nothing abnormal about VFR landings on runways with no ILS.Take a pilot with few hours flying a 747.
A runway under construction with the ILS turned off.
You get crash.
Don't start any lies here. The pilot had not landed a 777 at SFO before, but he has made several flights in them...just not enough to watch his airspeed close enough.Just stop, what a stupid thread. The blame for this falls on the pilot and possibly the airline responsible for maintaining the aircraft, it has absolutely nothing to do with control tower staff.
Exactly!
According to the news, it was learn-while-you-earn ---- the pilot had never before landed a 777.
Hmmmmmm. I wonder if it was really all that cost-prohibitive to let him practice a few times before he did it for real.....
They would close that runway. There are three more at SFO.Apparently some airport navigation equipment was down for repair but it didn't affect landings on a clear day. What were they going to do when the famous San Fran fog rolled in?
[Don't start any lies here. The pilot had not landed a 777 at SFO before, but he has made several flights in them...just not enough to watch his airspeed close enough.According to the news, it was learn-while-you-earn ---- the pilot had never before landed a 777.
Hmmmmmm. I wonder if it was really all that cost-prohibitive to let him practice a few times before he did it for real.....
Do you have a link to back that up or are you just bluffing to save face?[Don't start any lies here. The pilot had not landed a 777 at SFO before, but he has made several flights in them...just not enough to watch his airspeed close enough.According to the news, it was learn-while-you-earn ---- the pilot had never before landed a 777.
Hmmmmmm. I wonder if it was really all that cost-prohibitive to let him practice a few times before he did it for real.....
Nope, you are the liar:
The news has been clear all day: the pilot NEVER LANDED A 777 BEFORE IN HIS LIFE.
Try reading Google News before you post.