Originally Posted by
Spur
I don't consider you a tool, but I do consider you and your attitude dangerous. The point is not to justify why one should land at the wrong airport, but determine how it happened to someone and identify the causes without resorting to "Those who properly..." will never blah blah blah...
If you think that you have always complied with your "Those who..." on every flight, then I think you are lying to yourself.
I would not want someone on my crew that thinks of themselves as infallible. I would not want someone who cannot see at least a small danger that they may make a big mistake one day.
At the end of the day...can anyone on this forum justify landing at the wrong airport, if SOPs and briefings were followed? Can you justify it Spur?
I would not want you.
Help me understand something Spur. Is it my attitude to following SOPs and conducing thorough briefs about airports with similar runway alignments that you consider dangerous? If so... why do you consider cockpit disciplines regarding CRM, importance of situational awareness and briefings dangerous? Do you think there is too much stress on situational awareness?
I have to tell you Spur...I'm not infallible. That's why I conduct a thorough brief, practice CRM... not just the cockpit but the entire crew. I stress the same to my students too.
At the end of the day Spur, you are entitled to your opinion, as I am. Yeah, Spur... I've had my share of LOFTs in the aircraft from disruptive passengers to engine failures, loss of all generators over the Atlantic, to name a few during my 38 years. However I'll tell you this Spur, because of CRM, team spirit the outcomes have always been successful. And guess what... we never landed at the wrong airport.
Zip on the sympathy for the Atlas crew from this flyer.
Happy flying Spur.