for the benefit of miserlou,
Yes, I understood exactly what the discussion was about.
I apologise for not predicting that you would fail to read my words with the same precision that I wrote them.
Because the circumstances of the approach change, I merely stated the last place from which to go around, not the first. We fly a mixture of runway aligned and circling approaches and there are times when a runway approach may need to be converted to a circling approach. As I mentioned, the process is sufficiently robust to cater for each option - my only requirement is for the plan to be briefed prior to commencing the approach.
My reference to planning a lower profile never reverts to "dive and drive" in that we are talking of 50-100' only - while mildly destabilising, it greatly improves the chances of success.
Stay Alive,