{"id":242402,"date":"2025-05-15T01:08:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T01:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/airline\/air-transport-safety-articles-by-shem-malmquist\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T01:08:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T01:08:49","slug":"air-transport-safety-articles-by-shem-malmquist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=242402","title":{"rendered":"Air Transport Safety Articles by Shem Malmquist"},"content":{"rendered":"


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By Captain Shem Malmquist<\/p>\n

At least once each year we each return to fly the simulator.\u00a0 The \u201cgame\u201d in the simulator is fairly predictable.\u00a0 We know what to expect most of the way through \u2013 we are more surprised when something has\u00a0not<\/em>\u00a0failed or gone wrong than when it has!\u00a0 Although the simulator ride itself is fairly predictable, that probably does not significantly detract from the experience, and we will carry our training to the line.\u00a0 This is largely true because we are really practicing the\u00a0procedures<\/em>themselves<\/em>\u00a0as much or more than how to fly the airplane.<\/p>\n

So, here you are, flying the simulator, and the instructor tells you that windshear has been reported in the area.\u00a0 You are now spring loaded to go for the recovery and at the first indication of windshear you go through the escape drill.\u00a0 But how much is this like the real world?<\/p>\n

Recently I was discussing this issue with a friend of mine, TWA (Ret). Captain Steve Holmes. Steve used to teach in the simulator for TWA.\u00a0 It turned out that we had each encountered a dry microburst on approach, and coincidentally they were while flying into the same airport, SLC.\u00a0 Another thing that both of us found similar was the insidious nature of the encounter.\u00a0 Our experiences were virtually identical.<\/p>\n

Approaching the Salt Lake area there were some buildups in the area, along with visible VIRGA.\u00a0 The conditions at the airport itself looked fine, so we continued the approach.\u00a0 No windshear had been reported.\u00a0 On final the air was smooth and as we descended on the ILS in virtually unlimited visibility all seemed normal.\u00a0 The microburst did not slam us all at once, unlike what I have usually experienced in the simulator.\u00a0 Instead, I found that we kept getting a little bit slow, so had to add a bit of power.\u00a0 Not a lot, just a bit, but after a while we had a whole lot of power.\u00a0 At some point it became clear that things were not right and a missed approach was executed.<\/p>\n

The point here is that it was not immediately clear that this was a windshear encounter.\u00a0 Captain Holmes and I both felt that it was almost like being \u201csucked in\u201d, in that everything felt and seemed fine until we were fairly committed to flying through the event.\u00a0 In both of our encounters we felt that we were directly under a newly developing microburst, so encountered the decreasing performance portion only.\u00a0 He found it particularly disturbing that it could be so easy to get \u201csucked\u201d into this type of situation as he trains crews to avoid and escape from such encounters in the simulator.\u00a0 He is very familiar with the procedures and warning signs.<\/p>\n

It might be possible to train windshear differently, but that is not the purpose of this article.\u00a0 It is simply not possible to train for every possible combination of circumstances we are likely to encounter. The responsibility for a safe operation will always rest with the flight crew, and it is our knowledge and experience that keep flying safe.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout Shem Malmquist FRAeS\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tB-777 Captain. Air Safety and Accident Investigator. Previous experience includes Flight Operations management, Assistant Chief Pilot. Line Check Airman, ALPA Aircraft Technical and Engineering Chairman, Aircraft Performance and Designs Committee MEC Chair, Charting and Instrument Procedures Committee, Group Leader-Commercial Aviation Safety Team-Joint Safety Implementation Team (CAST)-Loss of Control-Human Factors and Automation, CAST-JSIT- Aircraft State Awareness. Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, full Member of ISASI, AIAA, IEEE, HFES, FSF, AFA and the Resilience Engineering Association. I am available for consulting, speaking or providing training seminars to your organization. Please contact me at https:\/\/malmquistsafety.com\/for inquiries.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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