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Asiana Airlines flight crashes short, skids off runway in Japan
TOKYO -- News reports say an Asiana Airlines plane skidded off a runway after landing in western Japan and about 20 passengers received minor injuries. It said the Airbus 320 plane was carrying 74 passengers and seven crew members from Seoul, South Korea. It said they were evacuated using escape chutes, and no was seriously injured. (abc7news.com) Mais...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
As a retired U.S. Navy Captain flying the F-14 Tomcat, F-18 Hornet and FA-18 Super Hornet, I have had the opportunity to fly with Korean pilots in a military setting. After my retirement from the Navy some 12 years ago, I took a position as a Flight Safety Consultant with Boeing, and have had the opportunity to fly with Korean pilots in that setting in both military aircraft that Boeing produces, as well as civilian aircraft that Boeing produces. The bottom line from me after both interactions ---> a majority of Korean pilots JUST SCARE THE LIVING HELL OUT OF ME. I don't know if it is something within their culture, or a issue of "pride" that they have, but just try to tell a Korean pilot -- very nicely -- that they have done something wrong. They will argue their point ad nauseam that they are correct, regardless of circumstance. I recently had a Korean Airlines (KAL) 777 Captain with about 8000 flight hours join me as a PIC in a 777 simulator, who did 20 sorties with me in the simulator, and promptly crashed the 777 nineteen of twenty times. Then, just to prove a point, I brought my 19 year-old daughter into work (she is a licensed pilot with rather low hours -- none of them in a commercial aircraft -- and she stuck the landings manually, and dead-on, 5 out of 5 times. She was stick-flying the 777 manually. The KAL Captain was doing about 99% by auto pilot. I swear that if I was in a FA-18, I would have blown his ass out of the sky just for fun. This is why I refuse to fly JAL, KAL, MAL (etc) on any business trip with Boeing. I'd like to make it home to my family !!!!!
Agreed, while my experience with Korean pilots is not as extensive, it has certainly been scary. I recall one instance in Anchorage where the tower gave a KAL flight the usual departure briefing and asked to confirm, the pilot came back with 'okaaaaaaay' in a mock southern drawl. The controller repeated the instructions with the same response, then the 747 started rolling! Holy S*****. The panicked controller quickly reshuffled everyone to let him go, there was no stopping him!
Unbelievable.
But not surprised with "Asian Aviation".
Abbotsford tower had to do that numerous times for the Korean students in their 172's. 737's had to wait or slow down to let these non-english speaking people do their stuff.
It's culture- pride and status. That 777 Captain probably begged you not to tell about his SIM performance, especially up against your daughter. Back in the day in 71 when KAL first got their 747's, I had occasion to talk to a Boeing delivery/Training pilot in Seoul one day and he said it was a trip. He said their senior Captains took a look at the cockpit and wanted him to go home, that they knew all about it.
My cousin a retired pilot from USN and Continental Airlines agrees with you.