Gear Warning

Don Johnstone wrote:
I don't think the BGA's logic is at all at fault. What
they are pointing out is that gear warning systems
can be a double edged sword.

The BGA's policy (as reported in this forum was "Incidentally the BGA in
the UK does not reccomend an undercarriage warning buzzer." I would like
to read their logic. There is no mention of it in the BGA Instructors'
Manual (second edition).

I've seen a bunch of gear up landings (once from the inside of the
cockpit :-( ) and none of them has a gear warning. I understand that
this is a small sample. My vote is to have the warning. If you first
hear it 10 feet of off the deck, ignore it.

By all means use
warning gizzmos as a backup, we all make mistakes,
but relying on them to remove or reduce the need for
proper airmanship is not the way to go.

I completely agree with this.

Tony V