767 Hard Landing IAH ???
08-20-2023, 04:53 AM
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weekends off? Nope...
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08-20-2023, 02:01 PM
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Gets Weekends Off
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08-24-2023, 05:59 PM
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Ignoring; John Burke.
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After reading the “official NTSB narrative from the FO, I was reminded of the old “ What the Captain Means” from Cam Rahn Bay, only in reverse.
Here’s what he prolly said in the bar afterward;
“We came in on the Doobi, and that jerk in approach kept us high and fast to get over somebody on 26R. I got it mostly under control and was shootiin for a stable approach. Got pretty damn close too. Hell, that 26L is long and this 767 has good brakes. No way I was gonna go around and miss my commuter flight. All of a sudden, I realized we were fast and the runway was coming up at us like a SAM. I pulled hard to flare, but a second too late. We hit like a rubber bank vault. At that point I was just hangin on like Stoney Burke rodeo cowboy as we danced along the runway, like a drunk sailor on a wave runner. At least I didn’t get the tail.
After the third whammy, everything calmed down. ****, we were still almost on the center line with about 3000 feet to go. Decent! Captain took the bird and looked at me like I just farted my burrito. I decided I’d take my time gathering my gear before leaving the cockpit..or maybe I’d just change into my wetsuit for the commuter flight home, before I leave the cockpit.”
Warning, Bad Language, Even this was s
sensored. If you listen close, they edited out the word Laos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ1AYVcAS7k&t=2s
Here’s what he prolly said in the bar afterward;
“We came in on the Doobi, and that jerk in approach kept us high and fast to get over somebody on 26R. I got it mostly under control and was shootiin for a stable approach. Got pretty damn close too. Hell, that 26L is long and this 767 has good brakes. No way I was gonna go around and miss my commuter flight. All of a sudden, I realized we were fast and the runway was coming up at us like a SAM. I pulled hard to flare, but a second too late. We hit like a rubber bank vault. At that point I was just hangin on like Stoney Burke rodeo cowboy as we danced along the runway, like a drunk sailor on a wave runner. At least I didn’t get the tail.
After the third whammy, everything calmed down. ****, we were still almost on the center line with about 3000 feet to go. Decent! Captain took the bird and looked at me like I just farted my burrito. I decided I’d take my time gathering my gear before leaving the cockpit..or maybe I’d just change into my wetsuit for the commuter flight home, before I leave the cockpit.”
Warning, Bad Language, Even this was s
sensored. If you listen close, they edited out the word Laos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ1AYVcAS7k&t=2s
Last edited by hopp; 08-24-2023 at 06:32 PM.
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