Siden flygerne får så mye pepper, må de ha vært utenfor konvolutten. Har de holdt seg innenfor X-wind limits, er det jo ingen grunn til å kjefte på dem. For store fly er sertifiseringsbestemmelsene rundt 23 kt. A380 har, under sertifiseringen, taklet 56 kts. i følge mine kilder. De fleste fly har max. demonstrated cross wind limit. Da er det ofte slik at selskapet fastsetter verdiene, sier de samme kildene. (Red.)
Ouch: Etihad Criticizes A380 Pilots For Viral Crosswind Landing
Ouch: Etihad Criticizes A380 Pilots For Viral Crosswind Landing
Many of you have probably seen the viral video of an Etihad A380 landing at
Heathrow Airport during Storm Dennis, with strong crosswinds.
There have been tons of crosswind landing videos that have emerged as a
result of the strong winds in the UK, though this one went most viral.
Interestingly the video doesn't show that much of a struggle to get to the
touchdown point, but what makes this video so "shocking" to people is the angle
at which the plane touches down, and the extent to which it makes adjustments
after landing.
Here's the video for those who haven't seen it:
Almost across the board you see praise for these pilots for the landing.
Well, Etihad seems to disagree...
Paddle Your Own Kanoo notes the contents of a leaked memo
that was sent out by Etihad's pilot training department to pilots following this
video going viral. The memo was sent out Etihad's manager of pilot training for
the Boeing fleet (which seems odd - the plane in question is an
Airbus).
The memo references "a video this week of one of our A380s landing in a
strong crosswind in London," and states the following with regards to it:
"This official view from the Training Department is a simple one - THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. There is a time to give an approach away in the interest of safety.If you see such a thing in the sim (aircraft simulator) that would be a grade 1 for both pilots... Please gentlemen, let's teach our pilots to operate safely even that means changing the mission."
Ouch! Beyond that, I also find it inappropriate that he refers to pilots as
"gentlemen." C'mon, you should know better than that...
Etihad doesn't seem to be alone in criticizing this landing. I enjoy
reading PPRuNe, essentially a forum for pilots. Of course anyone can participate
and you can't know for sure that everyone is who they say they are, though it
has tons of airline pilots.
It's interesting that the response to that landing was overwhelmingly
negative in the thread there about this landing, while usually
the pilots here would be downplaying landings that are sensationalized by the
media.
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