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To: ConservativeStatement
“It was then that the first officer turned to Gongol and revealed she had never landed at Omaha airport before.”

If this is a problem, then that F.O. doesn't need to be in that job any more.
It's an airport.
It has a runway or three.
Land the friggin' airplane! It doesn't have to be pretty - you can break it if you really have to - but land the plane!

25 posted on 06/02/2014 5:57:55 PM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: grobdriver

It’s just the reporters. They literally have no clue.


29 posted on 06/02/2014 6:00:04 PM PDT by Regulator
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To: grobdriver

“If this is a problem, then that F.O. doesn’t need to be in that job any more. It’s an airport. It has a runway or three.”

One of the factors in the UPS Airbus crash at Birmingham last year was the pilots unfamiliarity with the runway being landed on, due to the primary being closed. United Company Procedure probably plays a big part of this story.

Captain incapacitated with a low-time FO, going in to an unfamiliar airport in inclement weather. She needs to get it on the ground as quickly as possible, due to the Med problem.. You’ll note she called for any off-duty pass riders.


60 posted on 06/02/2014 10:54:31 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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