Originally Posted by
Maninthebar
Consider the mentality:
You have been elected to fly into The Paris Airshow - eyes of the world on you and all that
You have stuffed up the approach BUT there is a stack of runway ahead, the plane feels good and conditions are OK
Do you
- plant it and hope that only the geeks on PPRUNE will notice OR
- Go Around and ensure that the entire audience, local and worldwide, get to see a clip of it on their local news channels
?
Of course do the latter, offering a macho low pass followed by an impressive precision full stop landing right on the touchdown marks and centerline. And then taxi while waving to the subjugated crowd.
That would have looked like something.
Instead, did you hear the last comment from the guy taking the video ?
An appalled "Oh la la" isn't quite the "Wow !" a top pilot should expect...