Piedmont DHC-8 safely lands gear up in EWR.

[Oakum_Boy]

Why would anyone ever pose for a photo after an incident like that?

Nice going Captain. Never ever pose for a photo. Totally stupid.

But what do I know...

Now let's bash the FO:

1. 30 pounds overweight
2. Forgot sunglasses perched on top of head
3. Ruining Leatherette shoes standing in aqueous film-forming foam
4. Hands in pockets indicating dissatisfaction with self body image
5. Bad day to forget pressing shirt, but to hell with it!:
6. 'I really hope I'm on CNN tomorrow morning...'

 

[russtgol]

Now let's bash the FO:

1. 30 pounds overweight
2. Forgot sunglasses perched on top of head
3. Ruining Leatherette shoes standing in aqueous film-forming foam
4. Hands in pockets indicating dissatisfaction with self body image
5. Bad day to forget pressing shirt, but to hell with it!:
6. 'I really hope I'm on CNN tomorrow morning...'

Do you know him? Or do you just like to make fun of other people for no reason?

 

[Oakum_Boy]

If you're gonna pose in front of a plane you just scraped in....

1. Make sure the investigation is complete and neither comapny norfeds find anything

2. Make sure I'm not violating company media policy and have permission

3. Make sure passengers are safely back in terminal before posing in a sea of foam with the tail number prominently front and center

4. Make sure photographer not planning on selling to The Daily Mail

Last thig on my mind would be to stand in a gulf of foam and say cheese after something like this. Just sayin'

 

[Ops check good]

You think maybe he was caught up in the moment of pure joy that he and all others were not a smoking hole in the ground?

 

[PropPiedmont]

That was probably the smoothest landing he ever had in the Dash, hence the photo op afterwards.

 

[J.Otto]

IS PDT having any legal problems with their ground instructors?

 

[Kneeboards Rock]

Um, why would they do a flyby when the FA could have looked out the window to see if the gear was down?

I landed just ahead of their fly by. We heard them on the radio and they said that they could see the problem out of the window. We were wondering the same thing at the time

 

[WSurf]

http://www.planebuzz.com/?p=1938

Safely land a 777 and you really get the royal treatment! Dash 8 not so much!

 

[SF340Guy]

would you trust a woman?

Since it was a weekend, tower seniority dictates it was a woman there too, so they were screwed either way.