Originally Posted by
tp777fo
It was the spotters miss. He didnt do his job. However I stand by my comments that the technique of flying a gear pass clogs up the pattern. I see guys taking multiple laps checking their gear why other guys need to land or take off. I call "landing" and am on the ground in 30 seconds. Low and slow over the runway only makes you a target.
I completely agree with this. If we need to extend the time of the gear pass, we should do it on the downwind leg where the jets are more spread out and less likely to hit each other. I personally like to get out of the way as soon as possible when I'm slow and have gear. Going slow right over the runway with 200mph missiles coming at you is just asking for trouble IMO. Also I noticed a lot of jets were taxiing to the left about 50-100ft and then taking off. I feel like this was really unnecessary and wasted a lot of time on the ground. Granted some jets like the SR71 needed that extra runway, but many did not.