Originally Posted by
buzzpat
No, just curious. I dodged the weather last week in the SE as well. We went around for a windshear alert, held and changed runways, and had our auto throttles go full idle at cruise dodging t storms. It was an angry sky. Just curious what the 88 guys can see. Our radar on the older -800s is good. The newer version is great. Shows turbulence and shafts much more cleaner.
I just finished my ASAP report for a full on windshear warning the other evening.
Yes, folks.... it can be just like the simulator.
That being said, the prior DL flight kind of hung us out to dry. They went from very specific reports of light turbulence and heavy rain to "eh... it was ok... we got in" by the time they landed. That could have turned out much worse than it did.
There is no loss of pride in being the first one to call uncle! I am not that thrilled about being one of the few people to have experienced and recovered from a full windshear warning and perform the recovery just like in the sim in real life.
The most amazing thing was the ASA flight behind us saying "we'll take a look."
They also got to experience it... but why??