Airdog,
I'm still curious as to why your instructor would say that a go-around wasn't an option. I'd be very interested if you could ask him, and post his reply.
(And if anyone still needs any convincing on this subject, which I don't think they do, I saw a tv program a while back about aircraft carriers. Apparently, for a carrier landing, it's normal to apply power for every landing. If your arrester hooks have caught the wires, then you'll stay on the deck, but they always assume that they've missed their target. And, from a personal point of view, the most recent time I didn't go around when I should have done it cost me £500 in repair bills, and put the aircraft out of action for three months.)
FFF
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