GUIDANCE FOR PILOTS TO AVOID UNSTABLE APPROACHES
Maintain a mental picture of the required descent profile.
Request distance updates from ATC if required.
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GUIDANCE FOR PILOTS TO AVOID UNSTABLE APPROACHES
Maintain a mental picture of the required descent profile.
Request distance updates from ATC if required.
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Pilgrimage Flying is a very lucrative business and the profitability of number of Operators largely depends on the contracts to operate in the location of pilgrimage centres. The flying during the season is very hectic, challenging and demands high standards of professionalism, maturity and safety consciousness. There are many grey areas related to the conduct of operations during pilgrimage flying.
Summers and Pre-Monsoon Season are already here and with it the associated hazards for flying. Civil Aviation fleet is fortunate to have large percentage of highly professional, experienced and knowledgeable Civil and Ex-Military Pilots. However, it is essential to refresh the memory of the Operators, Pilots, Engineers, technicians and other associated personnel about the hazards associated with summer, Pre monsoon operations and the precautions which need to be taken to ensure safe and efficient conduct of operations.
During the past years, DGCA has taken many proactive steps and has published number of CAR’s and Circulars which are source of knowledge and guide the Pilots and Operators to take various steps to ensure safety of aviation operations during adverse weather operations. All the Pilots and Operators should go through the following DGCA CAR’s and Circulars, make a summary of important points, disseminate and prepare themselves for safe and efficient conduct of aviation operations during adverse weather phases:-
Flying during elections is a very challenging task and as such, all the professionals associated with the election Flying need to exercise extreme caution. Number of Aircraft and Helicopters will be crisscrossing to ferry the political parties all over election states. Lack of co-ordination among the operators, pilots, aircraft and helicopters, inadequate Air Traffic Control, hurriedly prepared makeshift dusty helipads, poor crowd control, inadequate security, commercial, political parties and VIP pressures, adverse Weather conditions, heavy quantum of flying, large number of landings, pilot and Crew members fatigue, inadequate rest and recreation facilities and rushed up maintenance are some of the serious hazards during election flying.
GUIDANCE FOR PILOTS TO AVOID UNSTABLE APPROACHES
Maintain a mental picture of the required descent profile.
Request distance updates from ATC if required.
Advise ATC as soon as possible if descent is required or additional track miles are needed, to execute a stable approach.
The sooner ATC knows, the greater is the probability that the request can be accommodated.
Be aware of published local ATC procedures/airspace restrictions that impact the approach.
Airspace constraints may result in route and altitude restrictions.
As far as possible, minimise differences (ATC cannot be aware of all the variables e.g. aircraft performance, airline SOPs, etc.).
When departing, Tell ATC if it is likely that further time will be needed on the runway, prior accepting a clearance to enter the runway.
Analysis of Serious Incident- B 737-800 at Cochin on 18/08/2015
This Serious Incident is a classic example of how one gets into a situation from which it is impossible to get out. In our opinion, it was an act of kindness of God and also a miracle of some sort that the Pilot was able to land under such totally unfavourable conditions without siting the runway, almost till the end.
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The helicopter S-76C ++ was involved
in an accident on 25th May 2017 during the flight. It was a VIP Flight from a Helipad at an elevation of 2000 Ft. There were four passengers and two crew
members onboard the helicopter at the time of accident. Both the pilots were well experienced and duly qualified to operate the subject flight.
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The start of a new year is a good time to renew your commitment to flight and personal safety. For an excellent 2019: Don’t forget anything, don’t make mistakes, don’t hurt yourself or others, don’t have communication errors, be safe, etc.