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Old 08-01-2013 | 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by thevagabond
C'mon Johnso. You guys dodged a nuclear tip harpoon on that one and don't try to diminish it because some FAA types did it in the sim too. There was a Delta jet that hit a seawall in Boston killing almost all aboard that I remember reading about. (I'm a big believer in studying past accidents to prevent future ones.) Again, I don't think we here have a leg to stand on when looking down our noses at others with respect to accidents. We may however be a little more critical of them and their culture when it comes to accountability. A cactus friend of mine told me over drinks and catching up that they were blaming their low approach on bright lights in their eyes. Hmmmm. . .
That accident was in 1973! We're talking about Asiana and lagging behind in CRM, and you bring up an accident that happened before CRM was even developed and taught anywhere in the world.

It was my understanding that the FAA guys lined up in a real airplane, not in the sim. That was one of a number of reasons why the guys that did it got off with minimal consequences.
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