Posted on 02/22/2025 6:05:48 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
Chuck Yeager said, “If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you can use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing”
Actually, it’s the people who make claims without data that would get tossed in the good ole days. Maybe things have changed.
Female...employer needs to reach a gender quota
We have lots of data—the airline has made all kinds of claims about DEI hiring.
It would make a great chart.
Before DEI...bunch of statistics
After DEI...bunch of statistics
or in other words, earned her wings flying in extreme weather conditions. My bet is the altimeter and computer system it was connected to was f-d up or f-d with.
Another is the landing, but any landing you can walk away from is a good landing, so who am I to judge?
Well, for handling the unexpected rough landings, the airliner manufacturers need to offer optional ‘lift-kit’ suspensions so there is ample landing gear travel for those Navy style, no-flare landings.
You would notice one coming in for landing, because it’s extended gear would resemble the WW2 German plane called the ‘Stork’.
Just my 2 cents.
The company she worked for, Endeavor Airlines, had a series of advertisements that bragged about their “un-manned” crews. They took those ads down. That should tell you all you need to know.
If the plane was coming in at such a fast descent rate, wouldn’t the glide slope lights have been white over white? Rather than red over white at the proper slope?
You might be correct. BUT we’ll probably never know it for sure. The airline isn’t going to want to take the heat if they had any inkling that she wasn’t up to the job. The FAA report will probably get spun for similar reasons.
This incident aside, there are a lot of airlines running a senior non-flying pilot in the cockpit to make up for the fact that they’ve got too little experience in both seats.
It looked to me like the plane simply stalled too high. Whether it was poor piloting, a gap in the 20-30 knot wind, or a wind shear.
When folks—government, corporations etc—refuse to be transparent—my operating presumption is they are guilty of anything and every misdeed they may be accused of by critics.
That is because they can resolve any false allegations with full disclosure at any time.
We don’t know.
The channel’s host doesn’t claim to know.
But he raises some issues that are concerning with regard to the pilot, and those concerns need to be addressed.
And considering the kittens Juan Brown is having over on his channel, along with a large percentage of the people leaving comments (Delta employees...?), I’d say the host of Taking Off has struck a nerve.
It’s Canada’s fault.
I take it you’re the type that’s not at all sure the sun is going to come up tomorrow.
No argument there.
Yep, since the male pilot was making radio transmissions, she definitely was doing the flying.
Usually the first officer is at the controls on landings. More evidence of that is the captain is heard communicating with ATC. The one communicating usually is not flying the plane.
Delta came out yesterday with a statement. Taking Off posted this video after the statement came out.
Just a perhaps here, but the runway looks covered in snow along with everything around it of course. A depth perception problem? The plane never “flared” nose up at the end to cushion contact, it just flew into the ground level/slightly nose down and the first landing gear to hit the runway (right side) broke from the force. I’d like to hear the speed at which it touched down too, looks a little fast.
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