Comments on: Taxiing the Big Bus….. http://blog.aopa.org/leadingedge/?p=1872 A place to discuss safety-of-flight issues, procedures, techniques, and judgment. Sat, 18 May 2013 13:52:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Matt Kahn http://blog.aopa.org/leadingedge/?p=1872&cpage=1#comment-31213 Matt Kahn Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:56:31 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/asfblog/?p=1872#comment-31213 Bruce,
I didn’t care for your four choices in the blog poll. As a former C-5 pilot, I remember a few truisms. 1: There is no such thing as a ground “accident”; 2: Good CRM includes LISTENING to all crewmember’s inputs and responding appropriately; 3: CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR; and 4: When in doubt about wingtip clearance – Stop taxiing, deploy wing walkers or arrange for a tug (or have the obstacle, including a building, moved!). As far as I’m concerned, it is like the sign in the antiques shop. You break it – you bought it!

]]> By: Bruce Landsberg http://blog.aopa.org/leadingedge/?p=1872&cpage=1#comment-31211 Bruce Landsberg Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:54:46 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/asfblog/?p=1872#comment-31211 Steve,

In the case of the Cessna, it may have $10 of thousands. In the case of the Airbus – you’re probably looking at hundred of thousands if not more. This type of error is often known as a lapse where a simple oversight leads to a major expense – about par on landing gear up, except there isn’t a checklist on taxiing distance.

]]> By: Dr.Mad http://blog.aopa.org/leadingedge/?p=1872&cpage=1#comment-31209 Dr.Mad Sat, 09 Jul 2011 06:18:12 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/asfblog/?p=1872#comment-31209 The pre requisite to have the priviledge to operate machinery or tools is accepting responsibilty for one’s JUDGEMENT.
Just because the rule(s) or instruction(s) imply a right of way, does not mean it is safe to proceed.
Sorry! It happens to the best of us but no excuse!
If no one was hurt, learn from your luck.

]]> By: Steve Kittel http://blog.aopa.org/leadingedge/?p=1872&cpage=1#comment-31207 Steve Kittel Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:36:49 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/asfblog/?p=1872#comment-31207 this is a case where perhaps stop and get a wing walker out there to take a look would have taken 15 mins but saved tens of thousands of dollars in repairs… Hope the captain got reamed for it.

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