Flights - Yikes
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Here's a decent overview (aside from the rifs at the FAA nonsense [as though they would have any effect on a crash in Canada anyway]...)... :
Questions emerge about what caused Delta plane to burst into flames and flip over in Toronto
Aviation experts say investigators will consider the weather conditions, as well as the possibility of human error or an aircraft malfunction
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WTH is going on?
Every other day with some close call or worse.
Every other day with some close call or worse.
That's been going on for forever. I've had 3 instances in the last 20 years where the plane I'm on steps on the gas and pulls up on final approach. Twice at DTW on Delta flights.
DEI. Or Trump. Or End of Days. Or . . .
Business jet pilot mixed up the correct instructions he got from ATC.
Never had it happened to me, but I was surprised a large jet like that could power up for a climb like that. I mean, he was feet - maybe inches - from touching down.
I imagine that is practiced many times on a simulator, but that's a big plane to power up that fast. Thank God.
I don't remember which airport it is in LA, maybe John Wayne, where they climb like that in takeoff as part of a noise abatement ordinance. Freaked me out the first time that happened.
Hell yeah, it would freak me out, too. I'm already a nervous flyer.
No idea if it applies with big airliners, but doing "touch and gos" is part and parcel for private pilots in small aircraft while training or (re)certifying.
@Joe_Hoopsier
I'm sure it does. I'm just in awe of the abiility of the big planes to power up like that.
Weight is a factor. Take off is heavy, landing isnt because of how much fuel has been used. Much easier on a go around to climb. Also, on that 737 engines are more powerful than what is actually needed. Chicago Midway has short runways , not much room for error. Go arounds are common. But not with a plane crossing in front of you.
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I'm surprised the pilot saw it that quickly. With the nose of the plane flaring up, it seems they wouldn't be able to look down the runway soon enough.
I’ve landed on a carrier, two frigates and a command ship as a passenger in helicopters. The two frigate landings made me a bit nervous because visually it looks almost like the blades are going to hit the hangar, but there is a good 15 feet of clearance.
Spent many hours waiting for cargo there. Great place to watch the planes coming and going. Southwest cargos parking lot was right next to the runway. Lots of touch and goes. Kids loved it. Best plane was the 727 taking off. Loud and slow. Not like todays engines which are real quiet compared the older stuff that is no longer flying. That 727 needed the whole runway to get airborne.
I was on a helicopter climbing out of the Grand Canyon and the pilot said he had too much weight and wasn’t going to make it
He meant we had to go back down. One of the few times I was glad I was as drunk as I was
That Southwest pilot was the best the other day.
Fighter pilots say landing on a carrier is more stressful than combat.
I was on a flight heading into West Yellowstone back around "81" on some tail engine configuration job where the pilot went around twice (complete touch and goes) before finally committing to landing on the third try...
I told the woman next to me who inquired as to what was going on, (I was next to the window] ...)..., that I didn't know, but I hoped he kept doing it till he got it right... 😎
We ended up landing intact... Never got any explanation as to the problem. My guess was a combination of gusting cross winds and a shorter than normal runway...
That did get my attention...
I have been on a number of flights where the pilots had to go around again. Every time the wheels were just feet from touching. Mostly because of weather. Once had a go around before landeding at LAX in an A380 on a perfectly clear and calm day, which I assume was because a plane was still on the runway. They never tell you why they try again.
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Flew round trip to Flagstaff two weeks ago. On the way back from Flagstaff to Dallas we diverted to Albuquerque. I could barely make out anything on the announcement other than we were going to stop in Albuquerque. The flight attendant was coming back to her seat behind me telling everyone to put up their tables and to buckle up when her knees buckled and two passengers had to keep her from falling. She was nervous as hell and almost fainted. After she sat down and recovered a minute or two I told her I couldn't hear the announcement other than going to Albuquerque and she says, "we're making an emergency landing!" Apparently, there was some smoke in the cockpit, which was probably a wire shorting out, but the landing was smooth. They got me to Dallas where they put me up in a nice suite and I flew out of Dallas to Dayton the next morning. Got upgraded to First Class too. 
I flew home on red eye a little after midnight on Friday with a connection in Dallas. This was the first time in four trips to California this year that I wasn't stuck in an airport on the way out or back.
January - Stuck overnight at LAX due to delays on the way out that kept me from making the last connection to SFO
February - Stuck in DFW overnight due to maintenance issue on the way home
March - Spent 8 hours in DEN after missing connection due to delays at SFO where I sat on tarmac after pushing off "on time". This was after I switched flights to avoid weather delays in DFW
This is basically my default flight prep now
January - Stuck overnight at LAX due to delays on the way out that kept me from making the last connection to SFO
February - Stuck in DFW overnight due to maintenance issue on the way home
March - Spent 8 hours in DEN after missing connection due to delays at SFO where I sat on tarmac after pushing off "on time". This was after I switched flights to avoid weather delays in DFW
This is basically my default flight prep now
I think this is the 7th trip through DFW when I was delayed one way or another.Flew round trip to Flagstaff two weeks ago. On the way back from Flagstaff to Dallas we diverted to Albuquerque. I could barely make out anything on the announcement other than we were going to stop in Albuquerque. The flight attendant was coming back to her seat behind me telling everyone to put up their tables and to buckle up when her knees buckled and two passengers had to keep her from falling. She was nervous as hell and almost fainted. After she sat down and recovered a minute or two, I told her I couldn't hear the announcement other than going to Albuquerque and she says, "we're making an emergency landing!" Apparently, there was some smoke in the cockpit, which was probably a wire shorting out, but the landing was smooth. They got me to Dallas where they put me up in a nice suite and I flew out of Dallas to Dayton the next morning. Got upgraded to First Class too.
