Comments on: Pay-off

By: Chris Parkes

Chris Parkes — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:08:40 +0000

You can be a jerk, and still be right.

I’m guessing the controller got a bigger fright than you did.

By: samusi01

samusi01 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:33:38 +0000

Two takeoffs today, two glances over to check finals after receiving takeoff clearance. As our esteemed host says, check every time.

Did see a G4 who was in a hurry once compress his nose gear fully when I asked him (uncontrolled field) on very short final if he’d like us to go around for him?

By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:24:25 +0000

They do, but remember, the pilot in command is Captain. He’s personally responsible for everything…and has the authority to toss the whole rulebook in the trash and do whatever is needed for safety of flight. See FAR 91.2b.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:18:00 +0000

Glad you cleared left and right!
Of course, if you would have blindly followed the voice of authority in your headphones, we would be reading about a mishap involving “Pilot error”

Not like there isn’t enough real pilot error to go around, but it seems that a lot of the controller errors get whitewashed and blamed on the pilot, especially if said pilot and aircrew is no longer around to speak on his/her own behalf.

By: Navig8r

Navig8r — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:01:15 +0000

Lex, my “LTJG Dave Harmon” was one Col Jim Santa Anna, WWII bomber pilot and veteran of the Berlin Airlift. Jim left us last year, having taught uncounted numbers of fledglings the same lesson you described. I was lucky and honored to fly with him.

By: trey

trey — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:45:29 +0000

Lex:

If that never happened to you, then I shoulda given you one of my three similar incidents at NKX. Only with me, tower missed a C-9 on final versus a Cirrus. At least I didn’t get the pithy “complete readback” call, though.