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Jetjocky, how were the winds? A 737-800 already has artificially high approach/ref speeds, add a significant additive on a short(?) runway after a slam dunk approach and the margin of error gets thin real quick. I'm making no judgment on the crew, just want to get more information on the conditions at the time.
My last experience going into CMH, full 737-800, snowing, down to RVR measurments, braking action reports in effect, controller tries to slam dunk us to the 10L (the shorter north runway).
Negative, we want 10R. Controller says unable. We go around. My next response is we would like to hold until 10R IS available. Magically 10R becomes available. So glad we insisted on the longer runway. Airport conditions were crap.
The moral of the story is sometime we as pilots push ourselves too much to accommodate the controllers. I'm not saying this is the cause of the current event, but it did look wet and everyone who flies the 737 NG knows what a runway hog it is.
Well that bites. I hate it when that happens to anyone...even SWA guys.
Phred
Thanks. The difference is that this thread would run 12+ pages if it was a SWA jet.
Touchdown @ 6:30 am. Redeye. Enough said...
Just reading about the time @ touchdown makes me zzzzz.....
Well......do you think that may be because everyone has a story of a SWA crew taxing like a bat at of hell to try and cut in front of someone else or do you think everyone just picks on you?
... there are better ways to put in a resume.