Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
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??
I got into a full blown windshear recovery a few years back going into ATL. Looking at the radar I said hey boss maybe we should think about going to Augusta, our alternate, and hangout for a little while. Well you know how it is with the conga line into ATL if the guy in front of you doesn't go around or discontinue then by golly you're not going to do it. In this case we were lulled into a sense of security because the aircraft in front of us was an RJ and we were the mightly maddog. When it happened we were gear down inside of the marker. With firewall power we would not climb. I was never so happy as when we busted out into the the other side.