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4-3-8. Braking Action Reports and Advisories
a. When available, ATC furnishes pilots the quality of braking action received from pilots or airport management. The quality of braking action is described by the terms "good," "fair," "poor," and "nil," or a combination of these terms. When pilots report the quality of braking action by using the terms noted above, they should use descriptive terms that are easily understood, such as, "braking action poor the first/last half of the runway," together with the particular type of aircraft.
pilotyip said:I will say that USA Jet turned down the trip because of airport conditions.
Sorry, was just making a comment in general about braking action reports. Wasn't trying to start anything. Maybe later, my comment my be more relevent, maybe not. But it was not meant to deamean the pilots in that news article, nor was it to imply that I know details of this incident. (which I don't).Where did you guys get a braking action report at 4am? Seriously, was there a PIREP or something??? The FAA is calling this an incident, so it couldn't have been that bad.
pilotyip said:The decision to go to or not to go to AOH that night was made by a licensed dispatcher in our flt following center. The flight crew was never involved in the decision to go to AOH or not, doesn't your dispatcher provide the same service for you?
Xfr8dog said:
that post IS derogatory, insulting, insinuating AND ill-informed!
can you freakin' people go hit the heavy bag for a half an hour or so and take the gloves OFF before you come post here? All Pilotyip did was raise a topic... The point of this d@mn board is to illuminate and educate.
jeeeez.
pilotyip said:Must be using the right bait, getting lots of nibbles
I hope the FAA doesn't hear about that. I imagine they expect the PIC to have a little say in the dispatch decision. I suspect your Ops Specs might require a joint decision on the part of the dispatcher and the PIC.pilotyip said:The decision to go to or not to go to AOH that night was made by a licensed dispatcher in our flt following center. The flight crew was never involved in the decision to go to AOH or not, doesn't your dispatcher provide the same service for you?
Apparently, my outrage should be at the attitude of someone who seems to delight in the misfortune of a crew that DID elect to go to that airport at that time and were subsequently involved in an unfortunate incident.What pilotyip meant to say
The customer called my company's sales department, who in turned called my company's dispatchers. They took a look at the weather and decided it was in the company's best interest to NOT sell a flight to that particular airport at that particular time. The decision to NOT go to AOH that night was made by a licensed dispatcher in our flt following center. My company's flight crews were never involved in the decision to NOT go to AOH, and I'm sure glad they didn't put me on the spot. Isn't it funny that somebody else tried to go and screwed up?