Final flight goes "Top Gun" and does a tower fly by.
Oct 19, 2017, 5:50 am
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haha suspended from a dissolved airline?
Go around and left turn. Passengers briefed, ATC approved, everyone loved it. Non event... move on.
However wasn't the Cathay/Emirates (i forget) chief pilot sacked for doing something like this when the CEO was on board a while ago on the delivery flight from Seattle (where its usual to do a fly over/go around) due to insurance reasons..?
Go around and left turn. Passengers briefed, ATC approved, everyone loved it. Non event... move on.
However wasn't the Cathay/Emirates (i forget) chief pilot sacked for doing something like this when the CEO was on board a while ago on the delivery flight from Seattle (where its usual to do a fly over/go around) due to insurance reasons..?
Oct 19, 2017, 6:22 am
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Interestingly, the aircraft that flew the final flight from Miami is no longer listed as an AB aircraft, but as owned by GECAS (an aircraft leasing company):
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/d-abxa
Correspondingly, D-ABXB is with BCI Aircraft Leasing, and D-ABXG was flown from DUS to SNN two days ago https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/d-abxg and is now listed with Avolon.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/d-abxa
Correspondingly, D-ABXB is with BCI Aircraft Leasing, and D-ABXG was flown from DUS to SNN two days ago https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/d-abxg and is now listed with Avolon.
Oct 19, 2017, 6:18 pm
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Rhetorical Question: Anyone ever been on a flight that had a "go around"?
Answer: Yes. It happens hundreds of times.
Ever been to an airshow?
The plane doesn't land, it goes around the field, and then eventually lands. Not a safety hazard, even if "someone" on the ground thinks it is and says so on the internet,
Answer: Yes. It happens hundreds of times.
Ever been to an airshow?
The plane doesn't land, it goes around the field, and then eventually lands. Not a safety hazard, even if "someone" on the ground thinks it is and says so on the internet,
Oct 19, 2017, 11:34 pm
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Rhetorical Question: Anyone ever been on a flight that had a "go around"?
Answer: Yes. It happens hundreds of times.
Ever been to an airshow?
The plane doesn't land, it goes around the field, and then eventually lands. Not a safety hazard, even if "someone" on the ground thinks it is and says so on the internet,
Answer: Yes. It happens hundreds of times.
Ever been to an airshow?
The plane doesn't land, it goes around the field, and then eventually lands. Not a safety hazard, even if "someone" on the ground thinks it is and says so on the internet,
Oct 20, 2017, 1:45 am
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Oh come on. The pilots, crew, passengers and tower are seeing the airline on approach for the last time. The passengers were informed and excited and the manoever was approved by the tower, who applauded the action. That the pilot was suspended from the job he no longer would have anyway is just playing to the media. In my book, he’s one cool guy.
Oct 20, 2017, 5:38 am
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Oct 21, 2017, 10:49 am
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Oh come on. The pilots, crew, passengers and tower are seeing the airline on approach for the last time. The passengers were informed and excited and the manoever was approved by the tower, who applauded the action. That the pilot was suspended from the job he no longer would have anyway is just playing to the media. In my book, he’s one cool guy.
Oct 21, 2017, 1:36 pm
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It is no playground, as you say, but also not automatically dangerous just because it is out of the ordinary. The manoever was safe and controlled and I wish some people would stop trying to make something more out of it.