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Originally Posted by gettinbumped


On the A320 now, but as a 757/767 Captain we flew our LOC approaches in VS. We set MDA in the alt window. Not sure that would have saved them here though, as they has reported the runway in sight and were maneuvering to land.

Clearly mistakes were made by the crew. Exactly what they did wrong I won't speculate about because I'm totally unfamiliar with UPS's procedures, and the A300 Automation. What's important to me here is WHY were those mistakes made, and what can be done so that they aren't repeated. A certain someone on this board would like to say: "They screwed up. Case closed". And this person apparently is a Sim instructor. It's NEVER that simple. Ever. We would all be well served to have some humility and explore every aspect of this accident from the FAR 117 carve out to which EGPWS was installed to NOTAMS to UPS's training procedures to mountainous airport ops to ATC effectiveness. THATS how we all become better pilots. Not arrogantly dismissing the mistakes that were made without examination




Agreed ... Great post .... I always love/hate to read about these accidents , I read all I can with these accidents to learn from people who came before me. And do all I can do avoid mistakes and keep my integrity in when I fly and not get complacent ...