Wasn't a similar defence used by Wapiti Aviation out of Grand Praire, following a crash of their Navajo? I beieve that this type of defence was successfull, but I don't know the full details.

Thanks for the replies, they are all helpful.

I have been trying to figure out the duty time / rest peiod in the Cars; and they are not making a whole hell of a lot of sense to me; so I am looking for some help please. This is the reg, but for the life of me I can't find where the "minimum rest period" is given a definite value. Any help would ...

I just read the National Post article, on the second or third page to boot, with a big diagram of the jet travelling something like 1400' beside the runway. I think the article is BUNK. How many pilots would land, even if they were half on the runway and half off, and then attempt a go around? Sure ...