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Pilot in Asiana 214 "very concerned about attempting visual approach"
Lee Kang Kuk, a 46-year-old pilot who was landing the big jet for his first time at San Francisco, "stated it was very difficult to perform a visual approach with a heavy airplane." (www.wral.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
If he has issues flying a visual approach he shouldn't be flying........period. My second landing after training in the 767 was a visual into BWI with just a papi!!!
With 40+ hours in type, I would have thought proper training would have required a visual or 2, whether an ILS was working or not. He is just grasping at straws to cover his butt and in my mind, so is that "TRAINING" captain. He just flatly screwed up by not monitoring airspeed and he made a serious mistake on the Auto Throttles which he will not admit. For them to admit that they just flatly screwed up puts them to total shame and disgrace in their culture and makes it a land rush for pax lawyers.
Their was so much hype about the auto throttles right after this thing happened, and I wasn't really sure myself as it had become 2nd nature, I had occasion to take our 767 on a short hop from FSM to DFW and back. I like to hand fly out/in anyway but I had the AP in and AT's armed and in the proper mode. At about 10grand, I flipped the AP off and basically it disconnected everything as it should have. It put the AT in what is best described as a standby mode. It is armed but not engaged. It is that way thru all the Boeing line. They just flatly missed it or else had Airbus on their mind.
I vote for "Airbus of the Brain"
This whole thing is nuts - "the pilot had never landed at *** airport before" - really, so now we all must have experience flying into each and every airport before we go there .....and WITH AN INSTRUCTOR NO LESS!? hahaha, what a joke!
As stated above, if you aren't comfortable landing the aircraft via a visual - you aren't a pilot - period. So sad there are so many great pilots looking for employment flying heavy metal - and you have people like this - I, I, I just don't get it.. this world is wacky isn't it?
Preacher1 - I am curious, have you flown Airbus before?
As stated above, if you aren't comfortable landing the aircraft via a visual - you aren't a pilot - period. So sad there are so many great pilots looking for employment flying heavy metal - and you have people like this - I, I, I just don't get it.. this world is wacky isn't it?
Preacher1 - I am curious, have you flown Airbus before?
No, and from what I hear, I really don't have a desire to. It is my understanding that the AT's jump back in if speed falls low though, whether engaged or not, which is where some of these comments come fro. BTW, how you doing anyway?