Beefy McGee
Well-Known Member
Consider the source first. But...
"The 27-year-old First Officer had just 400 hours flying experience and had never flown a non-precision approach, an automated system that regulates the aircraft’s descent."
(Huh? on that automated system that regulates the descent part)
But 400 hours, and never did a non-precision approach, ever? I kind of doubt that. But does Ryanair not train non-precision approaches? I doubt that too though the article later says Ryanair changed policy to only allow precision approaches.
In any case I can totally believe a 400 hour FO in weather blowing a GPS or LOC altitude restriction. Think it said he was turning too. Hand flying? Also a bad instrument scan technique? CA not monitoring well?
Yikes.
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