Originally Posted By: Driz
It was a [censored] good thing it wasn't a foggy [censored] night or it likely would have actually happened. It just amazes me though how in the world on a clear night those guys couldn't tell blue lights from white ones, particularly with the strobes going and position lights of all those planes plastered all over the area they were going to touch down. The only possible explanation would be that there were so many close in and background lights that everything appeared mixed together. . Still, in spite of any of it there's that little matter of the ILS strobes running off to the side and not directly in front of their path. No matter how you cut it that flight crew wasn't paying attention during the most critical phase of flight.
No.
Just no.
In the fog, the airplane would be coupled. It wouldn't be lined up in the taxiway.
How many SFO night landings do you have as the pilot of an airliner? Just wondering how you're able to accurately and fairly judge their performance...
It was a [censored] good thing it wasn't a foggy [censored] night or it likely would have actually happened. It just amazes me though how in the world on a clear night those guys couldn't tell blue lights from white ones, particularly with the strobes going and position lights of all those planes plastered all over the area they were going to touch down. The only possible explanation would be that there were so many close in and background lights that everything appeared mixed together. . Still, in spite of any of it there's that little matter of the ILS strobes running off to the side and not directly in front of their path. No matter how you cut it that flight crew wasn't paying attention during the most critical phase of flight.
No.
Just no.
In the fog, the airplane would be coupled. It wouldn't be lined up in the taxiway.
How many SFO night landings do you have as the pilot of an airliner? Just wondering how you're able to accurately and fairly judge their performance...