AGAIN? Were they hurrying to make the ontime for the schedule? Did they only have 20 minutes until they had to push for CLE, and they were hungry? Jay Leno and others will have another field day on this.
At least they didn't land on the taxiway...
Best/shortest comeback, good job.
You all can go on and on but it all boils down to LUV's culture.
And it's been said by DAL pilots, that landing on the taxiway in ATL was a DAL culture problem. "Get there itis" and "we've been there, done that, let's get the job done".
Things happen, but for God's sake get established as early as possible on speed and don't always take the first highspeed, especially in bad weather or slick runways. What's the hurry? Every airline has incidents, but this type is getting almost commonplace at a certain airline.
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Wow dude, I'm impressed with your response to this. Considering all the SW haterade you've been drinking and spewing onto FI lately.
But your points are well taken. For God's sake, when you declare an emergency, DON'T let the controller switch runways on you multiple times. They're working for you at that point, NOT the other way around. When you have a certain runway/approach programmed/briefed, fly it, it's usually easier. Especially after a 10 hour flight, and you VOLUNTARILY elected to continue without an IRO. When you're on short final, it's usually a good idea to look for things like runway numbers, piano keys, TDZ markings, the CORRECT lighting that designates a runway vice taxiway, etc. The 767 has enough lights on it to where that kid of crap should be visible. They weren't on fire, there wasn't an old man in the back having a heart attack, they weren't facing fuel exhaustion, there wasn't a woman giving birth in the back, etc. Going around WOULDN'T have hurt ANYONE. You get the picture.
See, isn't it fun to throw other airlines and they're mistakes under the bus?
DAL in ATL = lucky, NOT good. SW in MDW = unlucky.