Still Think Pilot Came In Too Fast, Too Aggressively
So... I guess you might have to be there to "feel" it. I've flown many flights, and many into SAN. I like to think I'm perceptive. I've got two problems with what you guys said above.
1) The flight wasn't coming in around 11:58. Are you sure you have the right log? Or is that some other time-zone? We were arriving closer to 8:58.
2) There were so many strange maneuvers on the flight, that I really think the pilot was too aggressive. For example, upon take-off, the flight took a very aggressive bank to the right, while still climbing, to turn back south again.
This might be "normal", but you might think a guy that whips off the exit ramp, at the "normal" speed of 85, and properly uses his turn signal to move 4 lanes to the left, is "normal".
I don't.
I don't like to be on a plane that is clearly trying to make up for lost time (the plane arrived late) and then has some problem lining up on an approach.
I don't like to be on a plane that makes a sharp dive to account for some error, perhaps an error caused by a pilot operating so quickly that other planes have trouble reacting.
I don't like to be on an approach to an airport and see us 1000s of feet higher than where we're supposed to be.
Basically, I don't like what happened on this plane. And it is my perception that it was caused by the aggressive shoot-from-the-hip behavior of a younger pilot.
Frankly, I don't care if the "fault" can be pointed to air-traffic control. I bet there were plenty of things the pilot could have done, much more cautionary, to ensure the situation never happened.
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