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15. Sounds like a lot to me

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #13)

Tue Jul 30, 2013, 12:28 PM

Jul 2013

Especially if it's the same pilots doing it every week.

Sounds like they could have even more experience than some Americans.

If it's safer, it should apply to everyone, or just to the inexperienced... This blanket ban, based on nationalism seems wrong-headed to me.

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U.S. Regulators Order Foreign Airlines to Use Automatic Landing at San Francisco. [View all] elleng Jul 2013 OP

Yikes. Hindsite. They should've noticed this sooner. joshcryer Jul 2013 #1

The instrument-landing components were out of service. Socal31 Jul 2013 #2

False, ILS is still down. benh57 Jul 2013 #3

Part of the ILS is still down Major Nikon Jul 2013 #6

Would the "localizer" haved helped the pilot that crashed? joshcryer Jul 2013 #10

He was on a visual approach Major Nikon Jul 2013 #16

There is no automatic audit of such things Major Nikon Jul 2013 #7

It's clear that the go-arounds were significant though. joshcryer Jul 2013 #8

it wasn't weather related, that day had little wind and clear skies CreekDog Jul 2013 #19

Naw, talking about the trend. joshcryer Jul 2013 #21

well, if you had to rank the reasons based on what we know: CreekDog Jul 2013 #22

It sounds like they noticed a trend after they looked at the data. joshcryer Jul 2013 #23

why just foreign airlines? usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jul 2013 #4

I am in the flight training industry... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #5

Fascinating. That makes sense. joshcryer Jul 2013 #9

Then why not everyone? usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jul 2013 #14

Truthfully... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #17

They do both Major Nikon Jul 2013 #20

Generally discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2013 #18

That does seem logical (you learn something new every day on DU!). nt MADem Jul 2013 #24

Perhaps because they don't land at SFO that frequently? KamaAina Jul 2013 #11

What if they do? usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jul 2013 #12

Even JAL would only have three or four flights there a day KamaAina Jul 2013 #13

Sounds like a lot to me usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jul 2013 #15