Comments on: The spookiest landing I’ve ever had http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thewanderingaramean/2010/02/the-spookiest-landing-ive-ever-had/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Brituchenite http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thewanderingaramean/2010/02/the-spookiest-landing-ive-ever-had/comment-page-1/#comment-812 Brituchenite Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:59:52 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thewanderingaramean/2010/02/the-spookiest-landing-ive-ever-had/#comment-812 shcok - horror - I demand royalties ..... and you know what I'm talking about .... :) :P shcok – horror – I demand royalties ….. and you know what I’m talking about …. :) :P

]]> By: Kiwi Flyer http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thewanderingaramean/2010/02/the-spookiest-landing-ive-ever-had/comment-page-1/#comment-811 Kiwi Flyer Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:03:45 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thewanderingaramean/2010/02/the-spookiest-landing-ive-ever-had/#comment-811 If you zoom in on the <a href="http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL817/history/20100205/1933Z/KSFO/KLAX" rel="nofollow">flightaware map</a> you can see the late turn. <a href="http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ANZ2/history/20100205/1010Z/NZAA/KLAX" rel="nofollow">My flight</a> landed an hour later and also had a late turn, which I didn't notice at the time - I was watching the heavy shower on the windows to see if we might go around. If you zoom in on the flightaware map you can see the late turn.

My flight landed an hour later and also had a late turn, which I didn’t notice at the time – I was watching the heavy shower on the windows to see if we might go around.

]]> By: Oliver http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thewanderingaramean/2010/02/the-spookiest-landing-ive-ever-had/comment-page-1/#comment-810 Oliver Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:13:13 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thewanderingaramean/2010/02/the-spookiest-landing-ive-ever-had/#comment-810 So I assume it was equipment malfunction on the airport side of the system? Why did the controllers receive a tongue lashing -- they aren't the ones maintaining that system, are they? Did they advise subsequent aircraft to ignore the system/turn off auto-pilot? I wonder how often something like this happens, and how well "rookie" regional pilots with often significantly less experience than your average UA mainline pilot would handle situations like this. So I assume it was equipment malfunction on the airport side of the system? Why did the controllers receive a tongue lashing — they aren’t the ones maintaining that system, are they? Did they advise subsequent aircraft to ignore the system/turn off auto-pilot?

I wonder how often something like this happens, and how well “rookie” regional pilots with often significantly less experience than your average UA mainline pilot would handle situations like this.

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