Re: Automation Issue
"I thought the pilot was demonstrating the alpha protection on a go around (e.g. performing a landing, "
Nope. the primary cause was that the crowd was on the wrong runway (not the one briefed for) but the pilots decided to go ahead with the flyby visually anyway, having arrived and found everything assembled on the other strip
The trees at the end of the runway in question form a nasty optical illusion and seem safe until it's too late to pull up. If they'd briefed for a flyby on that runway they'd probably have been ok but the last second change of plan gave them no chance to pickup on the issue - which was already in NOTAMS
This one was definitely pilot error - they shouldn't have been over that strip in the first place
Biting the hand that feeds IT
