Huck
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At ASA about ~10 years ago, a friend of mine was captain on an ATR coming up from Ft. Walton to ATL.
The f/o was a weak sister who has since left the business. She shot the ILS in ATL since the ceiling was about 600 overcast. The ATR at heavy weights will not slow down clean on the glideslope, i.e. you can pull it to idle and it won't slow down - a mess if you are above max flap extension speed.
Bottom line: the captain didn't care for her much, let her go too far and they ended up having to go around.
Next week we got a call - a military guy in back wrote the airline, complaining that they went around because the crew forgot the gear, and that since they broke out just before they went around, he figured the tower must have warned them. He said, and I quote, "I have almost 1000 hours of flight time"....
The f/o was a weak sister who has since left the business. She shot the ILS in ATL since the ceiling was about 600 overcast. The ATR at heavy weights will not slow down clean on the glideslope, i.e. you can pull it to idle and it won't slow down - a mess if you are above max flap extension speed.
Bottom line: the captain didn't care for her much, let her go too far and they ended up having to go around.
Next week we got a call - a military guy in back wrote the airline, complaining that they went around because the crew forgot the gear, and that since they broke out just before they went around, he figured the tower must have warned them. He said, and I quote, "I have almost 1000 hours of flight time"....