Posted on 10/24/2017 2:13:31 PM PDT by DFG
The Federal Aviation Authority is investigating why an Air Canada plane ignored repeated orders by an air traffic controller at San Francisco International Airport to abort a landing over the weekend. Air Canada flight 781 from Montreal was given initial clearance to land but the air traffic controller then gave six orders to 'go around' and abort its landing because it believed another plane may still have been on the runway. The pilot landed the plane anyway.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
They turned off their headsets?...............
After landing the crew told the tower they had radio problems.
“That is pretty evident” the controller told the pilot over the radio.
Some prop-head needs his clock cleaned.
Stupid backstard could have gotten people killed
Probably due to the fact that the SF tower isn’t “bilingual” and didn’t make the “ go around” order in both English and French!
Ping.
Aviation English is the language of civil aviation.
“Aviation English is the language of civil aviation.”
It was a joke! I know, I’m a pilot.
High Flight — With FAA Supplement
“High Flight” is a famous poem by John Gillespie Magee Jr (1922-1941). A Royal Canadian Air Force pilot, he died at age 19 ...in a mid-air collision during World War II.
Here’s his brief poem — with a few notes now required by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth(1),
And danced(2) the skies on laughter silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed(3) and joined the tumbling mirth(4)
... Of sun-split clouds(5) — and done a hundred things(6)
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung(7)
High in the sunlit silence(8). Hov’ring there(9),
I’ve chased the shouting wind(10) along, and flung(11)
My eager craft through footless halls of air....
Up, up the long, delirious(12), burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights(13) with easy grace.
Where never lark, or even eagle(14) flew —
And, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space(15),
Put out my hand(16), and touched the face of God.
Notes:
1. Pilots must insure that all surly bonds have been slipped entirely before aircraft taxi or flight is attempted.
2. During periods of severe sky dancing, crew and passengers must keep seatbelts fastened. Crew should also wear shoulder belts as provided.
3. Sunward climbs must not exceed the maximum permitted aircraft ceiling.
4. Passenger aircraft are prohibited from joining the tumbling mirth.
5. Pilots flying through sun-split clouds under VFR conditions must comply with all applicable minimum clearances.
6. Do not perform these hundred things in front of Federal Aviation Administration inspectors.
7. Wheeling, soaring, and swinging will not be attempted except in aircraft rated for such activities and within utility class weight limits.
8. Be advised that sunlit silence will occur only when a major engine malfunction has occurred.
9. “Hov’ring there” constitutes a highly reliable signal that a flight emergency is imminent.
10. Forecasts of shouting winds are available from the local FSS. Encounters with unexpected shouting winds should be reported by pilots.
11. Pilots flinging eager craft through footless halls of air are reminded that they alone are responsible for maintaining separation from other eager craft.
12. Should any crewmember or passenger experience delirium while in the burning blue, submit an irregularity report immediately upon flight termination.
13. Windswept heights will be topped by a minimum of 1,000 feet to maintain VFR minimum separations.
14. Aircraft engine ingestion of, or impact with, larks or eagles should be reported to the FAA and the appropriate aircraft maintenance facility.
15. Aircraft operating in the high untresspassed sanctity of space must remain in IFR flight regardless of meteorological conditions and visibility.
16. Pilots and passengers are reminded that opening doors or windows in order to touch the face of God may result in loss of cabin pressure. Military pilots shall avoid touching face of God to maintain separation of church and state as required by law.
Let me guess...Pilot name was Sum Ting Wong?
ATC always works in English, world-wide.
While I’m very familiar with the poem, that FAA supplement was an excellent addition. Thanks for posting it. :=)
Co-Pilot’s name: We Tu Lo
Flight Attendant: Ho Lee Fuk
“Controller didn’t say; “Go around, eh?”.
English is Now the Mandated International Language of Aviation: https://www.aviation-esl.com/ICAO_English.htm
So why did not the Controller revert to the Red Light ‘gun’ or fire the flare gun? Isn’t that the reason that Air Transport Ratings cannot be color-blind?
Trudeau ordered all Canadian flights to only speak French ,LOL
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