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While a go-around is a perfectly safe proceedure you do have to wonder about the wisdom of operating in a way that makes them a regular occurance. Isn't it a bit like operating with one of the holes in the cheese lined up.
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Cwatters, you are absolutely correct. Whilst most of us, including myself, have been responding to this as a bit of a wind up, the root cause is what is really worth examining. I've had a few go-arounds that were due to extreme crosswinds, but most often it has been due to runway incursions.
And your point is, why can't something be done about that? I think we know the answer, i.e., through BALPA, ALPA, etc., but since the real solution relies in persuading governments to mprove infrastructure, it doesn't seem that message always gets through.
At least not very quickly, and unfortunately it too often takes a tragedy to get the attention of the politicos.