Originally Posted by
Otters
Safety issue, sorry no. A learning issue, most definitely. Look, when we have a wide body fleet well in excess of 100 airplanes flying around the world on the back side of the clock , not to mention a large number of narrow bodies flying coast to coast at night, it’s a little hard to defend a group from training at less than ideal times for a couple of hours. It is a safety issue out in the real world and we’ve done it for decades and managed quite well. Let’s all man up a little on this please.
What a ridiculous post. Yes we fly at night. But, engine failures, and other catastrophic emergencies are extremely rare. So when we have to summon the wherewithal to deal with these events, we do. And when we land, we’re DONE. We don’t reposition and do 4 more v1 cuts, rapid d’s, hydraulic failures, or windshear recoveries while having just dealt with such an event. A post like yours makes me wonder if you have been drinking TK kool aid so long that you’ve forgotten the difference between training and line flying.