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JAL plane aborts landing after car spotted on runway at Tokushima airport
Article includes video from airport camera which shows the car on the runway. (www.japantoday.com) 기타...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Never having been there or flown with any of those guys, I wonder why there is such a culture/status difference between the Japanese and South Korean Pilots. You don't see the bashing of JAL/ANA pilots that you do any of the S. Korean pilots.
When will media types learn a runway is not a tarmac.
Tarmac is a material similar to asphalt ... and, no, they'll never learn. To most of the public, what we call a "ramp" or "apron" is the tarmac.
Out of all the things they could get wrong, though, that one doesn't bother me much. Sure, it's a misunderstanding, but it has no serious implications.
There are others that are potentially much more serious, such as not understanding the roles and responsibilities that the each of us has, or how the safety record is achieved. Those are the sorts of things that lead to hysteria, bad press, and usually even worse legislation. The Colgan disaster is a good case in point.
Out of all the things they could get wrong, though, that one doesn't bother me much. Sure, it's a misunderstanding, but it has no serious implications.
There are others that are potentially much more serious, such as not understanding the roles and responsibilities that the each of us has, or how the safety record is achieved. Those are the sorts of things that lead to hysteria, bad press, and usually even worse legislation. The Colgan disaster is a good case in point.
I'm thinking the most surprised guy in this scenario was in the white maintenance vehicle. Can you imagine....Hey, where did that jet come from? Guess he should've been checking his rear-view mirrors.
Among the comments below the actual article was this:
"If the airport is staffed by the same type of people who work at normal Japanese companies, the other three were all probably on the toilet playing smart phone games. If I visit a client at a Japanese office at any time of day, I will usually find that half the desks in the office are empty, and all of the toilet stalls are occupied."
Boy, have times changed. In the "old days" the guy in the tower would have committed hara kiri even with the happy ending.
"If the airport is staffed by the same type of people who work at normal Japanese companies, the other three were all probably on the toilet playing smart phone games. If I visit a client at a Japanese office at any time of day, I will usually find that half the desks in the office are empty, and all of the toilet stalls are occupied."
Boy, have times changed. In the "old days" the guy in the tower would have committed hara kiri even with the happy ending.
Good Job Captain