[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7263007.stm[/URL] JB
heh. <Shaggy Mode> It wasn't me. </SM> Opinions in the aviation world appear to be split. Some think he was hung out to dry, some think he deserved it.
No matter what anyone else suggested to the pilot it seems beyond question to me that it was a lunatic thing to do with a 777 full of people and he had the primary responsibility. I wonder if he was an ex military pilot? at 55 he can look forward to being put out to pasture anyway (1). Another older Brit pilot got canned last year somewhere around the Outer Hebrides for a similar low flying stunt well off his route, with passengers on board. It is my recollection that ex Mil pilots and their attitude to risk caused some problems in civilian aviation from the late 40's to the 70's. (1) or earn fortunes running low level bombing raids in Darfur
Ad lib low passes seem to end in tears in a disproportionately high number of cases. Just because you can drive a Boeing to and fro across the North Atlantic doesn't make you Peter Besenyei. You've been reading to many trashy thrillers.
Like Boeings' test pilot who when told to put on a good demonstration to prospective buyers, barrel rolled the first 707 over the airfield.
Silly fucker; if he'd just done a touch and go nobody would have said a thing. -- Dave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a "A scone and tea at half past three Makes the day a little brighter Keep your cakes and fancy tarts And stick them up your shiter."
Airbus just leave it to the first users to crash the fuckers. -- Dave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a "A scone and tea at half past three Makes the day a little brighter Keep your cakes and fancy tarts And stick them up your shiter."
You don't do Bumps in a large jetliner with a civvie passenger load unless you *really* need to no matter what the ocassion.
What? It's just a landing and rolling take off, as used to be practised every day by hundreds of pilots on large jets. Ffs, this current generation is so used to removal of risk they don't know they're fucking born. And might I point out, the jet was full of airline types, who you'd expect to have a little bit of cameraderie about such things; but no, some po-faced miserable **** had to go and spoil the fun, didn't they? -- Dave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a "A scone and tea at half past three Makes the day a little brighter Keep your cakes and fancy tarts And stick them up your shiter."
There is a big difference between a qualified test pilot performing a rehearsed stunt in an empty aircraft and a cnut doing something stupid with a planeload of passengers at risk.
Undercarriage raised would suggest to me that a rolling take-off would be a bit difficult. Unless it rolls sideways with wings off, of course
Except that this was a few dozen suits out on a freebie, and nobody would have missed them. Try not to exaggerate, Bond.
There is a fundamental truth that there are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots. The cnut was justifiably fired for pulling a stupid stunt. If he wanted to do a low overshoot he should have done a stabilised approach with flaps and gear down and rejected the landing in the proper way which every pilot is trained to do properly and safely. Behaving like an asshole is not part of the job description for an airline captain. Behaving like an asshole with the boss on board is not a good career move.
Hog was referring to 'circuits and bumps', which really need to be done with some wheels present, somewhere. -- Dave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a "A scone and tea at half past three Makes the day a little brighter Keep your cakes and fancy tarts And stick them up your shiter."
