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Old 11-21-2013 | 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by MaydayMark

OK ... so you've just landed your 747 at a General Aviation airport with no control tower. What's the first clue that you screwed up (besides the fact that you can't tell where you are on the airport diagram and none of the taxiways have standard markings)?

You're still 1 NM short of the RNAV GPS Final Approach Fix.






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Old 11-21-2013 | 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by MEMbrain
They obviously weren't paying attention to the mileage countdown to the runway!
Must be nice to know everything, about everything...

Thank goodness I don't carry that burden...must be so tough for you...
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Old 11-21-2013 | 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Gunter
I take it you're a somewhat young pilot. (Senior Skipper? Really?)

Confused Delta Pilots Land Jet at Wrong Airport - Los Angeles Times

Nice list of wrong airport landings

Wrong Way Landings By Commercial Airliners
Johnny Carson, remember him?, had a monologue line on that days headlines said, (paraphrase) 'Delta took off from the wrong runway today!'
This was after a few wrong airport landings. Ironically their ad campaign was 'Look where Delta's going now'!

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Old 11-21-2013 | 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Jetjok
... If he's [MEMbraindead] actually a FedEx pilot, he's an embarrassment to our pilot group and a beacon of hope for stupid people the world over.
Well said Jetjok.
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Old 11-21-2013 | 10:09 AM
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Old 11-21-2013 | 10:10 AM
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Other than what's in the media, I caution the Atlas guys to talk about this...be mindful of the corporate policy on these forum type sites, as well as social media like FB, Twitts (err, Twitter), etc

Also be careful that the pilots in question have enough to deal with this incident...The pilots' union and our reps are on it...so, I advise some respect for the process please.
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Old 11-21-2013 | 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by MaydayMark
How do you get jet fuel? (although a GA airport with a 6100' runway might get corporate jets and "might" have fuel)
Just a guess on this one, but if they can get it out of there, there's probably enough gas onboard already to move the plane to the intended field of landing.
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Old 11-21-2013 | 10:18 AM
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just took off. Media " less than 6K feet"
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Old 11-21-2013 | 10:18 AM
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Logic would tell us that they have at least 6 miles worth of fuel left.
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Old 11-21-2013 | 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Busboy
Logic would tell us that they have at least 6 miles worth of fuel left.
plus the applicable reserve amount
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