Originally Posted by
vilas
Present level of flight safety to some extent is the result of being wise after events so there absolutely nothing wrong with that. If pilots were to learn everything from their own experience they may not live that long. By all accounts the decision to go around at less than 136ft because of birds was without any thought process involved. Call it startle or whatever it goes without saying was inappropriate, even if it would have worked. A slight delay in hitting TOGA would have brought them flare height. It was like reject takeoff after V1. It
can happen lucky to get away. So below certain height if stabilized there has to be a predetermination to land without thinking.
without thinking???...no thanks...always need to be thinking...