Monday, February 07, 2011

the "matured" copilot.

50 miles to dabolim,goa... 3000ft above a 3degree glide path...

(a few minutes pass...)
20 miles to goa...still 3000ft above the planned descent profile..
copilot: (wtf? what is he planning to do???)
captain: ....

10 miles to go.. STILL 3000 ft above descent profile..
copilot: captain.. slow down.. configure aircraft.. set flaps...set gear down...condition lever 100% override...im deliberately giving u high rate of descent till 500AGL as its visual. pls jst follow FD bars...
captain:.....

2 miles to go....finally on glide path.. land safely into goa.

after getting back to blr..
captain: thanks rahul for the help.. u handled the situation very well.. in a very matured way.
copilot: .....

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