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Re: Ok all you pilots...
« Reply #25 on: January 26, 2010, 10:28:14 AM »
Nitrogen,

I've never had to abort a landing. It doesn't happen very often in the airline world because we normally don't push our skills that far. We usually have the option to land on a more appropriate runway or at another airport rather than having to land in really nasty conditions. My landing yesterday wasn't dicey at all. It was just fun because we normally have straightforward, boring landings, which is the way we like it.
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Re: Ok all you pilots...
« Reply #26 on: January 26, 2010, 11:40:35 AM »
Nitrogen,

I've never had to abort a landing. It doesn't happen very often in the airline world because we normally don't push our skills that far. We usually have the option to land on a more appropriate runway or at another airport rather than having to land in really nasty conditions. My landing yesterday wasn't dicey at all. It was just fun because we normally have straightforward, boring landings, which is the way we like it.

What he said.  As a general rule, commercial pilots know before they touch pavement if they won't be able to make the landing, and will take the go around before that happens.
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Re: Ok all you pilots...
« Reply #27 on: January 26, 2010, 01:58:27 PM »
Thanks for the input guys, very interesting.  =)
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