tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616539414852509228.post5671729243415834750..comments2024-03-23T17:42:45.703+08:00Comments on The Exciting Centennial of Philippine Aviation: CAAP opens Caticlan for two way trafficUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616539414852509228.post-17573206067395190892010-06-11T18:21:11.809+08:002010-06-11T18:21:11.809+08:00Very well said. Classified CAAP investigations at ...Very well said. Classified CAAP investigations at various Caticlan crashes particularly those of Zest Air disclosed pilot error and not the hill as culprit, although it was made and still is a safety issue. Weather was also dismissed considering other aircraft before it landed safely without problems. Considering terrain as a known airport attribute, the buck stop ultimately at the pilots.The Philippine Airspacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737978274584175939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616539414852509228.post-71625379600220941692010-06-10T02:31:41.484+08:002010-06-10T02:31:41.484+08:00Planes don't really need to go that low. Pilot...Planes don't really need to go that low. Pilots are advised to cross the threshold at 20' to 30' and there is more than enough concrete for them to stop. It's just that there are some idiots who try too hard to maximize the available runway, not understanding that undershooting is a lot worse than overshooting, damage-wise.<br /><br />Pilots take too many unnecessary risks in Caticlan, like those I see who make really short approaches, turning finals too close to the runway and leveling the wings barely a hundred feet above the ground. That's disconcerting enough in a 4-seat Cessna, how much more in a 50-seat turboprop? What's wrong with doing a three-mile final, I wonder? <br /><br />You might be interested to know the pilots on this flight were taken "off-sched" (i.e. suspended) when the equipment chief pilot saw the photograph.<br /><br />They really should take down that hill. Politics and vested interests however will make sure it won't be easy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616539414852509228.post-21362784106601620732010-06-09T22:46:45.065+08:002010-06-09T22:46:45.065+08:00Caticlan/Boracay airport is a DISASTER just waitin...Caticlan/Boracay airport is a DISASTER just waiting to happen. One of these days a large plane landing at 200 kilometers per hour or more is going to smash into a bus or truck as it comes in very low over the road that crosses very near the end of the runway. <br /><br />http://www.airplane-pictures.net/image42905.html<br /><br />Most flights approach the runway from the sea as they come in to land. The end of that runway is dangerously near the main road of Caticlan. Large planes must fly VERY LOW over that road in order to take advantage of the full runway length so they can stop safely. I have often seen them crossing over that road no more than 2 meters (6 feet) off the surface. <br /><br />One plane nearly hit my car. Had it been a taller bus or truck instead of my low car, the plane would have smashed into it and crashed.<br /><br />I have begged the airport director to do something about it but I fear nothing will be done until there is a BIG accident.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com