Pilot on dole after fly-past

[TrenchardsLoveSock]

Senior Cathay Pacific pilot loses job after vid of 28 ft hits YouTube! OOPS

Looks like the usual case of "It's all good fun until Joe Public finds out".

On IGS so no links to the YouTube video itself, sorry.

 

[RemingtonRand]

Low Fly By

Low Fly By

Not Joe public but in fact Harry the ******* at the enforcement branch of the HK CAA. The Enforcement staff in any CAA are a humourless lot who apply the rules 100% without exception!

 

[John Lloyd]

Having looked at the youtube vid, can't help thinking that the landing vids at Kai Tak in Hong Kong are a damn sight more frightening. H&S rules........

 

[rest have risen above me]

Having looked at the youtube vid, can't help thinking that the landing vids at Kai Tak in Hong Kong are a damn sight more frightening. H&S rules........

I think that the lack of Undercarriage might have something to do with it. lol

 

[BiGjD]

Unlucky :O Bloody unlucky! Wonder what he is going to do with himself now DT_Xtremez_35:

 

[John Lloyd]

Possibly join the flying club as a 'nails' combat pilot?

 

[FlatpackDoom]

Having looked at the youtube vid, can't help thinking that the landing vids at Kai Tak in Hong Kong are a damn sight more frightening. H&S rules........

Chinese people on each side, looking DOWN at you from their balconies scarey landings. Oh, and there was a rather large mountain that the aircraft had to climb over and then absail down the other side before it even got to the balconey bit - if memory serves (which it often doesn't).

I twice landed at Gan. I was about 4 years old on the way out to HK (on a Britannia) and 6 on the return voyage (Comet) but what I remember is: ocean, ocean, ocean, dot, ocean, ocean, runwayrunwayrunway, ocean, ocean, BRAKES, phew.

I have to go now, nurse is here with my gruel.

 

[MAINJAFAD]

Chinese people on each side, looking DOWN at you from their balconies scarey landings. Oh, and there was a rather large mountain that the aircraft had to climb over and then absail down the other side before it even got to the balconey bit - if memory serves (which it often doesn't).

I twice landed at Gan. I was about 4 years old on the way out to HK (on a Britannia) and 6 on the return voyage (Comet) but what I remember is: ocean, ocean, ocean, dot, ocean, ocean, runwayrunwayrunway, ocean, ocean, BRAKES, phew.

I have to go now, nurse is here with my gruel.

Approaches into ASI, Gib and Sumburgh are almost like that, though Sumburgh tended to be 60 degrees of bank due to the crosswind, cloud, cloud, Sea, Sea, Runway, level out and reverse thurst.