Mildly irresponsible pilot ?

[Doshy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/must_see...

(sorry if a re-post)

[cuprabob]

Irresponsible - No
Maverick - Yes

[dukeboy749r]

cuprabob said:

Irresponsible - No
Maverick - Yes

Really?

Given the 'threat' perceived by authorities of planes being hijacked etc - surely a plane behaving in such a manner was also irresponsible as well as maverick?

[cuprabob]

dukeboy749r said:

cuprabob said:

Irresponsible - No
Maverick - Yes

Really?

Given the 'threat' perceived by authorities of planes being hijacked etc - surely a plane behaving in such a manner was also irresponsible as well as maverick?

Obviously a Top Gun and tower flypast joke is wasted on you

[joshleb]

That's amazing

I hope he was planning on this being his final flight though...

[sc0tt]

Suspended from a bankrupt airline. Oh no.

[R8Steve]

He had authority from the tower to do so did he not?

[LotusOmega375D]

"The pilot and crew have reportedly been suspended"

Well they ain't flying for Air Berlin anymore anyway. I hear there are jobs going at Ryanair...

Seriously though, that was stupid: I can see why the passengers in the terminal got frightened.

[768]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7KLIbGKdD0

[Taita]

Christ, are we getting wound up about THAT? It's hardly an F-16 3 foot from the window is it!

[Unbusy]

Nobody’s getting wound up or blaspheming except you mateyboy.
You obviously aren’t in the industry and are showing your ignorance of accepted safety practices in bucket loads. Look at Air France Flight 296 for a start.
The Captain may well have his licence revoked over this.

[Tango13]

Taita said:

Christ, are we getting wound up about THAT? It's hardly an F-16 3 foot from the window is it!

Now if the pilot had put it into a vertical climb before pulling 135 degrees of bank and diving onto the terminal with a Jericho-Trompete on each landing gear I could understand the fuss but that...

[2fast748]

A bit silly perhaps but I'd have loved to have been on it.

[Dr Jekyll]

No, this is maverick

[kurt535]

At last, a pilot with a pulse and soul!

Good on him.

[FourWheelDrift]

R8Steve said:

He had authority from the tower to do so did he not?

negative, I think the pattern was full.

[DAVEVO9]

Dr Jekyll said:

No, this is maverick

Any more info please?

[FourWheelDrift]

DAVEVO9 said:

Any more info please?

White Waltham 1977 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqdM9xvxBaA
Full displays - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XlSaJGtF5g

Later ended up at Cosford museum, until scrapped, fuselage is at Brooklands.

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

1977 Queen's Jubilee flypast at White Waltham,

[DAVEVO9]

Awesome! thanks