Bad Landing
08-24-2008 | 02:25 PM
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From: CRJ-900 FO, Supra left seat
My favorite was a leg to Charlotte when the CA smacked it on he said, "take that Charlotte!"
A long time ago when I really did a bad job with a crosswind a nice little old lady deplaning said, "The pilot needs to learn how to land". She looked so sweet too. The CA was laughing about it for the rest of the trip. After a few positive compliments from pax on later landings and some therapy I got over it.
A long time ago when I really did a bad job with a crosswind a nice little old lady deplaning said, "The pilot needs to learn how to land". She looked so sweet too. The CA was laughing about it for the rest of the trip. After a few positive compliments from pax on later landings and some therapy I got over it.
08-25-2008 | 10:56 AM
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From: Zee Airboos
In DTW the other week I watched a NW A330 make several awesome landings. Upon the first touchdown, two huge explosions of white smoke came billowing out from the mains, followed quickly by rather alarming flapping of the wings as the lift unloaded and then quickly re-loaded for the second part of the landing. After smacking the earth and the earth smacking back, the big bus floated back into the air so that the pilot may get another shot at measuring a reading on the Richter Scale. Having floated down the runway for a few thousand feet in search of terra firma again, the pilot must have really wanted to get the plane on the ground for real this time because again, two huge explosions of smoke and the flapping of the wings. I didnt have the heart to make a comment on the radio, but someone else did, "Any chance you are both going to log that one?" They didnt reply.
08-27-2008 | 04:34 AM
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From: Embraer170
My best greasers are when the conditions are iffy...when it's calm I think I let my guard down and I tend to relax a bit too much...usually illicits the response from the captain along the lines of "Well, we're here" or "Are you trying to get current on night landings?" or even "The second landing was better."
08-27-2008 | 12:34 PM
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Been at chautauqua for almost a year, never had any real problems landing. Last week, VFR, light to no winds at IND, some reason was too late on the flare and bam, I thought I lost wings. One passenger made a comment when deplaning. Feeling pretty bad about this, anyone had the same thing happen? I know no one will fly perfect all the time, but man, that was terrible.
08-27-2008 | 12:43 PM
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From: 747 Captain (Ret,)
A few years ago, (before airlines hired female pilots), we were waiting in line for takeoff at LAX. A female F/A was up in the cockpit chatting when Delta came in and really pasted it on. The Captain gave the F/A the mike and told her what to say: "Gee, you Delta girls sure are lucky! Our pilots won't let us land the airplane."
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