Scary landing at St Moritz. I think it was the first time an aeroplane this size had landed there. Thought it was the end!!!!! Came over the mountain at the wrong angle so had to do a 360 and then land.
Got to be lucky, sometimes... It's a handful on a 727. No big deal if you are prepared. You could land a light 747-8 in Samedan, without a stressful 360 over the "Stazerwald"... of course. But then again, if you are prepared you just make a long ten miles lineup from Maloja pass. Turn off the EGPWS and enjoy the view. No sweat. But first: Get the St.Moritz/Samedan qualification. It's mandatory, finally. Too many pilots killed their loved ones. Good to see you guys made it. A lot of us learned from your mistakes. Thank you for that. Regards from Switzerland. Samedan was my second homebase. R
The only thing i did not see was the co-pilot holding a book called "How to Fly a Boeing 727. These guys were as ill prepared for this landing as a crew could be.
That was scary. What's with all the horns and the sirens going off. I thought he was going to crash. He was pilot in command . This video is very rare . Didn't think a 727 could do that . I liked the video.
Exciting, at least. Maybe a 27 cargo. Nearly a ski-in approach. I always wanted to fly a pre-glass 27...just not daring enough. At least these zips lived.
There isn't much margin for error on this airport. There is a mandatory introduction flight with LSZS current FI/CRI Pilot with MOU-A License before you are allowed to touch down yourself with a class A plane.
The pilot looks lost. I'm glad I wasn't on that flight - especially if it was at night. My favorite landing in a 727 was one time on a flight from Newark, NJ to Detroit in 1985, taking Continental Airlines. I was coming home one time on leave; being stationed at McGuire AFB. On approach to DTW, there were heavy clouds over Lake Erie, all the way to the airport. We didn't come through the bottom of the clouds until dropping to about 200 feet - and we were right over the runway when we did. That's flying a 727. These lame brains don't come close to that kind of flying; and they had technology much more advanced then the Continental pilots had 32 years ago.
Reading the posts in this thread from experienced aviators, makes me so glad I was not on that plane. How can pilots be so nonchalent, given all the cautionary warnings? The expert comments alert readers to flight operations regarding brakes and flaps. These remarks suggest to a lay person like me that viewers are witnessing gross incompetence, and professional misconduct.
Probably the worst piloting of a 727 I have ever seen. I have over 10,000 hours in these. I counted 19 annunciations of the GPW system, all ignored by the crew! I counted 4 instances of the flap speedbrake warning, again all ignored by the crew. The 727 is such a high drag plane in the landing configuration, that there is NO need for speed brakes with the flaps also extended. It can only lead to a dangerous sink rate that the engines power cannot recover from. Makes me sick just watching it. The last item of stupidity was filming it, and then posting it ?
+Kurt Bromschwig I havent flown but trained on the 72, flown other types..I concur.A scary movie at best!But grateful for the post.It is a learning aid of what not to do.I could smell the fear in the cockpit...couldn't you?
+Kurt Bromschwig Im not a commercial pilot....but that flight crew seemed a bit lost. Surely landing a B727 for the first time would have required some extensive prep work. The 4 striper seemed surprised at the approach.
I fly these 727 in miscrosoft flightsim,took me a while to adjust to the workload compared to an all glass cockpit,hats off to you pilots who flew these baby;s for real,gotta a lot of respect for you pilots.
