Thunderbirds and Altimeters

Robert Moore wrote in message .7...
"Doug \"Woody\" and Erin Beal" wrote

It used to be standard procedure at a major U.S. Airline which shall go
un-named (AA) to do just that on every approach. Pilots scoffed at it
at first, and then swore by it after they'd done it a few times. QFE
vs. QNH. That airline doesn¹t do it any more.

As I recall, the pilot flying had QNH and the pilot not flying set
QFE. If it wasn't AA, then it was another one of the majors. I did
some training of a supplemental aircarrier's flightcrews at the AA
training center at DFW and seem to remember it that way.

Bob Moore
PanAm (retired)

I believe this is the incident you are referring to:
http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/1996/aar9605.pdf