allardjd 1,853 Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587664,00.html?test=latestnews Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 What a nightmare for ATC. I didn't realise it's a backup landing spot for the space shuttle. The runway is being repaved with concrete instead of less-durable asphalt and widened to accommodate today's bigger planes. Boy, I would love that contract! Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Ow! Poor ATC-ers! Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 I guess you won't be flying JetBlue to Atlantic City, then, John?!? :dance: Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted March 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 I was in NYC in 1967 and saw no reason to EVER go back. I'm not all that keen on big cities anyway but that one didn't leave me with a good impression. John Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted May 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Pilots Pull Rank, Declare Emergency At JFK (With Audio) http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/a ... tml#202510 It seems a pilot felt he needed a longer runway tnan the one assigned due to strong crosswinds, so he played the ultimate Pilot-In-Command trump card. John Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Passenger safety is, let's face it, the ultimate criterion, eh? Hope he keeps his job - sounds like he knows what he's doing.... Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted May 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 I'm seeing no indication of any backlash over this. Surely there's a paper-storm going on over it - that is assured anytime anyone declares an emergency for anything. A fellow OFSC member once blew a jug off a Bonanza on departure and declared an emergency. ATC cleared him to land anywhere on the field - he did a 180 to land dead-stick going downwind on the same runway he'd just departed and was met on the runway by fire trucks. After they towed his AC to the FBO, he was greeted by two FAA people who insisted on seeing under the cowling to assure themselves that there really had been an emergency. I guess the oil on the windshield wasn't good enough. Anyway, the JFK pilot appears to have escaped with his ticket intact and I applaud him for doing the right thing for safety. However, I'd guess that it's not a card that one could get away with playing very often. If he were to do that again anytime soon for anything less than a wing falling off, the FAA would most likely be down on him like a ton of bricks. That was a brutal cross-wind and when he asked for the better runway ATC was apparently not too accomodating, so he took the decision out of their hands. He didn't request anything - he declared an emergency and HE told THEM exactly what manuevers he was doing, which was exactly the correct thing to do. At that point, all ATC could do was to get everyone else out of his way. John Link to post Share on other sites
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