Why No Foam on Runway for JetBlue Landing

[CitationXDriver]

Any reasons why they didnt foam the runway before the landing??

 

[Tarzan]

The guy used all but about 1000 feet of that 12000 runway. I think I probably would have rather deferred on the foam due to what it would do to braking action.

 

[viper548]

They had less than 1000' left when they stopped. The foam may have made them go off the end.

 

[viper548]

The foam would probably make it harder to control the plane, like driving on snow

 

[CitationXDriver]

Gotcha, all makes sense. Now who makes this call on the foam?? Im assuming PIC can trump anyones call for foaming the runway?

 

[viper548]

It's the PIC's call

 

[Dangerkitty]

From what I have heard foaming the runway has almost become a thing of the past.

Luckily I have never needed it.

 

[Bandit60]

One of the problems with the foam is keeping directional control of the airplane when it lands. In this case not only could it have gone off the end of the runway but it could have slid off the side of the runway and created a real accident.

 

[Fly_Chick]

I was wondering about the amount of runway left after stopping. Would the pilots have avoided using breaks as long as possible after the nose gear was down?

 

[Bandit60]

I was wondering about the amount of runway left after stopping. Would the pilots have avoided using breaks as long as possible after the nose gear was down?

Just a guess...but when you apply the breaks it transfers alot of the weight to the nose of the airplane. I have a feeling they didnt want anymore weight on the nose that was totally necessary. Just a guess

 

[Redmeat]

From what I have heard foaming the runway has almost become a thing of the past.

Luckily I have never needed it.

Exactly right. They don't foam the runway anymore.


It was proven to be useless.

Edit: Hey pilotyip, if you're out there, this is the kind of thing they teach you when you get an aviation degree.

 

[Huggyu2]

Brakes. Breaks (sic).

 

[FreightNazi]

I heard on TV that the crew did an autolanding, that's why it looked so good.

 

[Fly_Chick]

Brakes. Breaks (sic).

I am humbly corrected!

 

[Redmeat]

I heard on TV that the crew did an autolanding, that's why it looked so good.

Your days on flightinfo number in the single digits my friend.

He has posted this exact response 5 times. check his posts.