NickDG 23 #1 January 3, 2011 http://www.flightlevel350.com/Aircraft_Fokker_100-Airline_Click_by_Mexicana_Aviation_Video-16735.html NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JohnMitchell 16 #2 January 3, 2011 I'm not a pilot but I'd say "not a smart idea." Sure, they made it work this time, but that looked like extreme precip, the kind I steer pilots around all day. It would have been very easy to run into a microburst on final. Those have crashed more than a few airplanes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 7 #3 January 3, 2011 Stupid pilots...don't they know weather like that makes the passengers Internet connection go out?! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites wmw999 2,534 #4 January 3, 2011 Just think of it this way -- they'll have a whole lot less trouble carrying around their "luck" bucket, because it got a whole lot emptier. Hopefully their experience bucket got fuller, and not the one that confuses luck with skill. Wendy P.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites theonlyski 8 #5 January 3, 2011 Quote Stupid pilots...don't they know weather like that makes the passengers Internet connection go out?! Thats why you have to stow your laptop and other accessories prior to landing."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jonstark 8 #6 January 3, 2011 I would have done as they did. I've seen a LOT worse. It was an option to go away for the 15 minutes that the cell needed to pass but the level of complexity for going missed and asking for a hold somewhere would have been more of a PITA than the weather here warranted. I've done this in aircraft ranging from Gulfstreams to light taildraggers. Ground handling the taildraggers was the worst part of the deal. jon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites futuredivot 0 #7 January 3, 2011 Sure I would...if I were completely out of fuel and the plane was on fire. You are only as strong as the prey you devour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Amazon 7 #8 January 3, 2011 That could have been really fokkered up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites futuredivot 0 #9 January 3, 2011 Just don't call it a 'Stupid Fokker'You are only as strong as the prey you devour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 7 #10 January 3, 2011 Quote Sure I would...if I were completely out of fuel and the plane was on fire. If there's no fuel wouldn't really BE much of a fire anyway...besides it was raining, what was burning, prolly wouldn't burn long. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites quade 4 #11 January 3, 2011 Quote http://www.flightlevel350.com/Aircraft_Fokker_100-Airline_Click_by_Mexicana_Aviation_Video-16735.html NickD My set isn't that large and made out of that much brass. I would have probably diverted if that red was going to hang out for awhile, or asked to hold 10 minutes while it blew over.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NickDG 23 #12 January 3, 2011 Never minding the potential for a micro-burst, I think it could have gone either way. So I'll defer to captain's digression. Except for one way. If they had to go around for any reason, they'd have been smack in the heart of that thunderstorm. All in all that was stupid. NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites LuckyMcSwervy 0 #13 January 3, 2011 Quote Just don't call it a 'Stupid Fokker' They got a double dose of Fokker right there. Double dose. Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Amazon 7 #14 January 3, 2011 Quote Never minding the potential for a micro-burst, I think it could have gone either way. So I'll defer to captain's digression. Except for one way. If they had to go around for any reason, they'd have been smack in the heart of that thunderstorm. All in all that was stupid. NickD Hey some times on time delivery is just soooo much more important... just sayin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
JohnMitchell 16 #2 January 3, 2011 I'm not a pilot but I'd say "not a smart idea." Sure, they made it work this time, but that looked like extreme precip, the kind I steer pilots around all day. It would have been very easy to run into a microburst on final. Those have crashed more than a few airplanes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #3 January 3, 2011 Stupid pilots...don't they know weather like that makes the passengers Internet connection go out?! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,534 #4 January 3, 2011 Just think of it this way -- they'll have a whole lot less trouble carrying around their "luck" bucket, because it got a whole lot emptier. Hopefully their experience bucket got fuller, and not the one that confuses luck with skill. Wendy P.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #5 January 3, 2011 Quote Stupid pilots...don't they know weather like that makes the passengers Internet connection go out?! Thats why you have to stow your laptop and other accessories prior to landing."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonstark 8 #6 January 3, 2011 I would have done as they did. I've seen a LOT worse. It was an option to go away for the 15 minutes that the cell needed to pass but the level of complexity for going missed and asking for a hold somewhere would have been more of a PITA than the weather here warranted. I've done this in aircraft ranging from Gulfstreams to light taildraggers. Ground handling the taildraggers was the worst part of the deal. jon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
futuredivot 0 #7 January 3, 2011 Sure I would...if I were completely out of fuel and the plane was on fire. You are only as strong as the prey you devour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #8 January 3, 2011 That could have been really fokkered up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
futuredivot 0 #9 January 3, 2011 Just don't call it a 'Stupid Fokker'You are only as strong as the prey you devour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #10 January 3, 2011 Quote Sure I would...if I were completely out of fuel and the plane was on fire. If there's no fuel wouldn't really BE much of a fire anyway...besides it was raining, what was burning, prolly wouldn't burn long. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #11 January 3, 2011 Quote http://www.flightlevel350.com/Aircraft_Fokker_100-Airline_Click_by_Mexicana_Aviation_Video-16735.html NickD My set isn't that large and made out of that much brass. I would have probably diverted if that red was going to hang out for awhile, or asked to hold 10 minutes while it blew over.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #12 January 3, 2011 Never minding the potential for a micro-burst, I think it could have gone either way. So I'll defer to captain's digression. Except for one way. If they had to go around for any reason, they'd have been smack in the heart of that thunderstorm. All in all that was stupid. NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyMcSwervy 0 #13 January 3, 2011 Quote Just don't call it a 'Stupid Fokker' They got a double dose of Fokker right there. Double dose. Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #14 January 3, 2011 Quote Never minding the potential for a micro-burst, I think it could have gone either way. So I'll defer to captain's digression. Except for one way. If they had to go around for any reason, they'd have been smack in the heart of that thunderstorm. All in all that was stupid. NickD Hey some times on time delivery is just soooo much more important... just sayin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
