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To: old curmudgeon; Captain Tom

I fly commercial all the time. Once I took a military plane from ABQ to Holloman with a military pilot, and passenger comfort was not a concern. We jerked and jumped off the runway and began a tight turn almost immediately. It wa G force that Southwest would never have treated me to.


122 posted on 03/14/2014 7:41:36 AM PDT by DBrow
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To: DBrow; Capt. Tom

I think previous post was for Capt. Tom


123 posted on 03/14/2014 7:42:27 AM PDT by DBrow
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To: DBrow

I have heard airline pilots say that they are careful not to alarm passengers with steep turns or otherwise uncomfortable manoeuvres in VFR conditions but that when on solid instruments they will fly more aggressively.

But the point still is that runway lengths and operations during take off and landing phase are done by the book.

Yesterday’s incident in Philadelphia would have been a big disaster with many deaths had the aircraft not been on a runway that met the accelerate stop requirements of that aircraft.

The military has entirely different missions and therefore have their own standards.


127 posted on 03/14/2014 8:33:39 AM PDT by old curmudgeon
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To: DBrow

I forgot to add that under IFR conditions, say with heavy weather close by, you would never have know the G forces were caused by a tight turn. You would have most likely thought it was a strong updraft.


129 posted on 03/14/2014 8:38:56 AM PDT by old curmudgeon
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