mrswdk wrote:jimboston wrote:Does anyone here work for the Aviation Administration and/or know anything about airline safety protocols?
I’m not saying this was right or justified... but it’s seems likeSOP when a pilot is expecting a crash landing.
If you'd been interested in finding out the answer to this, you could literally have just read the article I posted:“There are special fuel-dumping procedures for aircraft operating into and out of any major U.S. airport. These procedures call for fuel to be dumped over designated unpopulated areas, typically at higher altitudes so the fuel atomizes and disperses before it reaches the ground,” officials said in a statement.
An example of an unpopulated area would be an ocean, said Douglas Moss, aviation consultant and a retired United Airlines pilot.
If you weren't interested in finding out the answer but rather just making excuses for the American company, you could just spray a load of speculation at the wall and see what sticks.
I did read the article and basically it said what I said... and that they weren’t calling it pilot error yet until they finish investigating.
Pilots are people too, and they can make mistakes.
The way you present it, it’s intentional.
So maybe an accident or maybe the right call in the moment... we’ll find out.
... but continue to bash America and Americans... and ignore Iran shooting down a passenger plane.