tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294633106424298888.post7559178021360167451..comments2023-10-01T02:18:51.690-07:00Comments on Never Was An Arrow: “AIR CANADA 254! Do you see traffic at 1 o’clock…"Never Was An Arrow IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16888305762281631968noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294633106424298888.post-17288181187142610162012-09-02T15:39:17.880-07:002012-09-02T15:39:17.880-07:00This is a very sad and haunting tragedy. I've ...This is a very sad and haunting tragedy. I've always been impressed with how cool Peter Hamilton stayed as all hell broke loose and how he seemed to accept the FO's apology and tried to keep things calm and stayed polite all the way to the end. Also, you can tell the FO was genuinely sorry for his serious mistake. I also feel that they should have been given better feedback with regards to the condition of the plane. Especially with their being obvious debris on the runway. And the lever perhaps should have had better safeguards against spoiler deployment in flight.<br /><br />One thing I don't understand is why captain Hamilton would ever agree to arming the spoilers on the flare which was the FO's preference. The captain seemed to be very safety minded as evidenced by his own preference to arm (and deploy) them on the ground. He also went to superiors complaining that arming them on approach as they were supposed to do could be dangerous. But arming them on the flare? This is the most dangerous thing you could do. If they deployed accidentally or prematurely on the flare, because they are so close to the ground they will have little ability to stop smashing into it. If it happened on approach they have a lot more space to recover. Very odd. Also strange that he would agree to arming them on the flare while he was the pilot which they never did. So the FO was used to arming and deploying because he normally did it on the ground. And so then he does that, and they smash into the runway.<br /><br />So, based on this, imo, most of the accident is the fault of the pilots. They allowed to happen a dangerous action which if they had followed the rules would never had happened. I also thought the pilot was a little quick to judge that they were as he thought "alright". Perhaps one of the crew should have gone into the cabin immediately and looked at the wings to make sure. They got careless with the rules that they created and a lot of people died. It's a shame because they did seem like good people.tomseynoreply@blogger.com