09-27-2015, 08:06 AM
K;
"There are many ‘authoritative’ studies which show RTO at high speed is a risky business:- particularly with ‘alternate power’, contaminated runways and a no wriggle room take off accepted only to reduce the bean counters numbers".
Agree old chap agree! It's a strange thing, at the moment I feel like I am in a scene from the film 'Back To The Future' and we are slipping back in time. Over the past decades we have seen advancement in all manner of aviation technologies and methodologies which includes GPWS, TCAS, safety management systems, Human Factors and CRM, yet we have seen an increase in things like runway overruns, commercial aircraft flying to the wrong airports and landing on incorrect runways, and the habit of taking out airport lighting and infrastructure!
It does my head in on a Sunday morning. Coffee please!!
"There are many ‘authoritative’ studies which show RTO at high speed is a risky business:- particularly with ‘alternate power’, contaminated runways and a no wriggle room take off accepted only to reduce the bean counters numbers".
Agree old chap agree! It's a strange thing, at the moment I feel like I am in a scene from the film 'Back To The Future' and we are slipping back in time. Over the past decades we have seen advancement in all manner of aviation technologies and methodologies which includes GPWS, TCAS, safety management systems, Human Factors and CRM, yet we have seen an increase in things like runway overruns, commercial aircraft flying to the wrong airports and landing on incorrect runways, and the habit of taking out airport lighting and infrastructure!
It does my head in on a Sunday morning. Coffee please!!