Originally posted by Evan
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I mean, he could have assumed that at one point, but he was flaring and actually touching down it is impossible that he kept assuming that the plane would have vacated by the time he touched down.
I don't have a lot of hours but I do have my share of cases where I keep approaching EXPECTING that the plane would vacate the runway. That expectation ends the moment that you are about to touch down and the other plane is still on the runway. Full power and up we go.
You can wait until the last second, but not one second longer than that.
It very much seems that he saw the plane stopped on the runway, judged that he could land and stop behind him, decided to do it, and did it, all intentionally, just as the pilot reportedly declared himself.
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