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Skywest near-Crash in SLC!

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http://jetcareers.com/forums/images/icons/book.gif Skywest Landings?
#324079 - Thu Sep 01 2005 08:10 PM http://jetcareers.com/forums/images/edit.gif Edit http://jetcareers.com/forums/images/reply.gif Reply http://jetcareers.com/forums/images/quote.gif Quote
Holding short of 34R today in KSLC I witnessed the worst commercial airline landing I've ever seen. A Skywest commuter plane develops an extremely high sink rate in the flare...hits HARD!!!...(can't believe damage wasn't done...no wait...can't believe they didn't crash)...bounces 20' in the air....hits HARD a second time....bounces 20' in the air and begins to porpoise at 20' to 30' for about 1000' down the runway....touches down....bounces again!....this time 10' above the runway and porpoises some more before finally putting the wheels down to stay for good on the fourth attempt....and only 5000' down the runway.

I'm embarrassed as a professional pilot that the paying public had to endure that performance...and under the banner of my employer.

Go Around....for cripes sakes...and try it again. Unbelievable.
 
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Is the whole story to this "bad" landing that it was just bad judgement on the pilots part or is it conceivable that there was some kind of malfunction or wind shear in the area?

However, I'm sure it was as you say, pilot error, based on ALL your years of experience, thousands of hours, and sound judgement in a CRJ...
 
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410 DUDE... TO BAD THEY DIDNT LAND ON YOU... TOOL!!!!.....HEY YOUR'E INVITED TO A BLANKET PARTY...YOU COMPUTER NERD. PM FOR LOCATION AND TIME.....TOOL!!! STUPID FLAMER YOUR WASTING 1's and 0's........
 
ummmmm read the post 410dude copied it from jetcareers. Some other idiot wrote it.

jeeze
 
Don't shoot the messenger guys, I just copied it from Jetcareers. It was written by a Delta 767 pilot.
 
410dude said:
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http://jetcareers.com/forums/images/icons/book.gif Skywest Landings?
#324079 - Thu Sep 01 2005 08:10 PM http://jetcareers.com/forums/images/edit.gif Edit http://jetcareers.com/forums/images/reply.gif Reply http://jetcareers.com/forums/images/quote.gif Quote
Holding short of 34R today in KSLC I witnessed the worst commercial airline landing I've ever seen. A Skywest commuter plane develops an extremely high sink rate in the flare...hits HARD!!!...(can't believe damage wasn't done...no wait...can't believe they didn't crash)...bounces 20' in the air....hits HARD a second time....bounces 20' in the air and begins to porpoise at 20' to 30' for about 1000' down the runway....touches down....bounces again!....this time 10' above the runway and porpoises some more before finally putting the wheels down to stay for good on the fourth attempt....and only 5000' down the runway.

I'm embarrassed as a professional pilot that the paying public had to endure that performance...and under the banner of my employer.

Go Around....for cripes sakes...and try it again. Unbelievable.
Yeah sounds like you had a bad landing there dude! Are all the pilots at your company that bad? Just remember if you land one of those Polar 74 Classics that hard you probably will do some damage. You Scab!
 

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