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A Southwest jet and a small plane wound up on the same runway after being cleared to land
A Southwest Airlines jet wound up on the same runway with a small private plane that had stopped after an air traffic controller cleared both planes to land on the same California runway in October, according to federal investigators (apnews.com) More...
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Hey Tower, I’ve got a number for you to call when able!
CEO of SWA wants a chat......
Yeah, I had the controller say that to me once. Turn around is fair play, I guess.
I fly in both the UK and USA. USA flying is by far the better experience and I mostly love everything about it, but it always amazes me when I'm cleared to land several miles out from an airport while traffic ahead of me are still on approach. Two weeks ago at Sanford, FL I was on a 2 mile final when the controller decided to slot an aircraft in front of me. When I asked for clarification that the aircraft on short base was landing ahead of me, the controller told me to 'pay attention'!! A clearance to land in the UK would usually only ever be given when you're number 1 to land and the runway is clear. Not sure about elsewhere in the world.
From my experience in Canada (years ago) you're not cleared to land until you are actually cleared to land. No one else ahead of you using the runway, no one else taking off. It causes some clearances really short final, but tower normally informs you to expect it short final. Something like "ABC your number one, traffic departing runway 34, expect clearance short final"
The US clearing you to land almost at the same time as the take off clearance has always baffled me.
The US clearing you to land almost at the same time as the take off clearance has always baffled me.
old controller... "cleared to land". when you're #1. period... this changed several years ago in US...don't have a clue why'd they do that...
