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This story I saw on yesterdays news has be a bit perplexed. Why is it
that the crew of the landing aircraft never saw the encroaching aircraft before the controller spotted the near disaster and warned them to execute a missed approach. With two heads in the cockpit, I assume the pilot was flying the approach, wouldn't to copilot be constantly scanning the instruments and double checking the runway for objects on or near the runway that might pose a problem? I had a commercial airliner pull onto the active runway as I was on short final...the controllers quickly advised the errant pilot to hold in place, they just pulled in front of a landing aircraft. I quickly adjusted my approach to land well down the runway. Fortunately I was sitting beside a flight examiner who acted as my second set of eyes. He was surprised at my calm and decisive reaction. This wasn't a check ride, but we worked as a team during the whole flight. Constant situational awareness is a MUST as is teamwork in the cockpit. Poor crew coordination was the blame for the recent C-5B crash...both heads down, no one looking out the window to really see how low and short they were. Oh, the examiner quickly got on the second radio and had a very personal chat with the crew of that airliner. Needless to say if the passenger could have been privy to the conversation they would have exited the aircraft. |
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