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We also know that shortly before this plane came in at 11:05, that other pilots reported good braking action. thats why they allowed other planes to advance. >> i guarantee you that crew heard that. i venture to say that crew knew exactly what the previous pilots went through when they landed. and so they knew what the wind was. they could get that feel. now, on the md-88, this is an older aircraft. it probably didnt have auto-land capability. the 777 and the 757s, the later model aircraft that ...

There is significant glare. would you agree with that? >> i landed many times at sfo myself and it is over water. if the water is glassy its hard to judge altitude, but those pilots are not looking at the ground any howe. they are they are paying ahengs to what the airplane is doing. the pilot in the right seat giving commands to him should have warned him earlier. he he did at the last minute and said lets abort about it was too late. patti ann: the glide slope indicator was turned off. how sig...