Disabled Saab in IAH
12-14-2008 | 12:56 PM
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Again ... I stick with my previous statement ... I don't give a sh1t what anyone says about a call I make to keep a plane full of people safe. If I have to make a call that grounds an airplane, so be it. Every situation is unique to that specific flight, and the captain that makes the "go/no-go" decision is in charge with no limitations to his authority. These Saabs are old and things do happen with old planes ... especially ones as complicated as these.
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12-14-2008 | 01:14 PM
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Yes but where does she get off making these calls and questioning a decision. If it is a widely agreed bad decision (see captain flying to IAH after losing an engine after t/o at CLL) then the CA needs to be reprimanded. To "monday morning quarterback" every captain about every abort is ridiculous and even more reason for a.....wait for it.....
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12-14-2008 | 02:16 PM
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From: A320 CA
NWS is driven off one of the left buses so w/o the bus tie on it wouldn't work. I had her call me about a gate return because the right side ahars wouldn't initialize. I just ok'd her to death. I'd do the same thing again.
12-14-2008 | 03:06 PM
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Just remember you dont answer to S.B.
There's a reason why she's back.
12-14-2008 | 04:21 PM
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That's a perfectly legitimate reason to do a gate return.. you cannot takeoff without both AHARS working properly ... now if one of them failed on the TO roll, that might be a different story. IMHO you definitely did the right thing. A gate return is a hell of a lot better than an aborted TO
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