The recent overrun by the Southwest Airlines 737-7H4 at Midway brings home again the importance of landing training.
I trained on the 767 in the aftermath our my own airline's overrun of a Boeing 747-438 at Bangkok. Landing on contaminated runways was a huge factor in the training, as was aim point retention. As a result we as trainees became paranoid of deep landings and were consistantly pounding into the touchdown zone to avoid a fail. Our aircraft also record the touchdown parameters and any indications of a 'rushed approach' on the QAR.
My question is how other air carriers have been addressing this issue? It can be difficult when the majority of landings are on 12,000'+ runways to get in the mindset for the 7,000' runway at Narita in a typhoon!
I trained on the 767 in the aftermath our my own airline's overrun of a Boeing 747-438 at Bangkok. Landing on contaminated runways was a huge factor in the training, as was aim point retention. As a result we as trainees became paranoid of deep landings and were consistantly pounding into the touchdown zone to avoid a fail. Our aircraft also record the touchdown parameters and any indications of a 'rushed approach' on the QAR.
My question is how other air carriers have been addressing this issue? It can be difficult when the majority of landings are on 12,000'+ runways to get in the mindset for the 7,000' runway at Narita in a typhoon!
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