Originally Posted by
thevagabond
Always amazes me when pilots look down on their peers for their mistakes. We don't hear of too many of them landing heavies on taxiways at their home fields. I saw a red, white, and blue MD with a widget on the tail stuck in the mud in DC not too long ago. Should I continue?
Stuck in the mud? The horror!
BTW, it should be known that when the FAA flew the same approach under the same conditions that the B767 encountered at KATL, they too lined up and went straight for the taxiway.
No one is infallible. That's what makes us human. But the USA is far ahead of Asia in the fields of CRM and safety. The statistics show that's undeniable.