>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/01/poland-releases-plane-cra_n_596523.html > >Apparently the control tower informed the pilot that "conditions for >landing do not exist" and that an il76 had waved off twice and decided >not to land. > >but the Polish President didn't want to be late for the ceremony. And >it seems he 'ordered' the pilots to attempt the landing. > >Very sad :-( > >For my part..if a pilot even seems a little bit concerned about >conditions for landing I would say ," Hey buddy...go around...go to >the next airport" whatever. >It just isn't worth it. > >I mean if someone tells you,"Hey let's TRY to land..." ...wtf is that? >TRY and succeed or....crash? >Are those the options? >Then no..Let's not TRY to land...let's go to the other airport where >conditions are better.
Strange...On a ship at sea the captain is in charge. It doesn't matter if the the President himself comes up to the bridge and gives an order. The captain can still counter it. You'd think the same would be true for pilots in a plane in the air. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320019 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
