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A Slippery Situation
#66 | JANUARY 2024
The saying is that when in doubt, you should go around. Does that include after the airplane is on the runway? What about when the runway is a sheet of ice, with the airplane sliding sideways towards a snowbank and nearly certain damage?
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Kevin Plante
Kevin Plante has been an Air Traffic Control Specialist for 16 years and has been fully certified in several different towers and TRACONs. His ATC experience has been in both USAF and FAA facilities. Kevin currently works at a busy TRACON controlling a wide variety of aircraft into airports of every airspace classification. Additionally, Kevin has worked with the design and modification of PBN procedures, implementation of new equipment/software into ATC facilities, and On-the-Job-Training of new controllers. Kevin has been flying since 1997. He flies for personal travel as well as working as a contract pilot for corporate and charter operators.