mvivion
SPONSOR
Bozeman,MT
Obviously the Cirrus over shot and speed could have been a contributing factor, the previous controller could have told him to keep the speed up. If the Cirrus had started to correct being a low wing would have been a visibility challenge.
ATC does not fly the airplane, and when was the last time you heard a controller tell you to keep your speed up on base?
The Cirrus pilot not only overshot HIS final approach course, he overshot the safety area between the runways, AND he flew through the final approach course for the parallel runway. That’s just gross incompetence. Would get you busted on any practical test, checkride or flight review, for heavens sake.
There is simply no excuse for this kind of behavior. One of the problems we’re seeing locally, or at least we hear about, is the “mix” of jet and “little airplanes”. Every time something like this happens, all us “little airplane pilots” get another black eye. It’s in our best interest to condemn this kind of stuff, and demand better of our peers.
That starts with flight instructors.
MTV