Originally Posted by
fokker1000
PS. The vast majority of go arounds I've witnessed, or performed myself at LGW have been due to aircraft not starting the take off promptly... as requested by TWR.
We have TCAS, and we have eyes, so if an aircraft is at 2.5 mile finals, so don't dilly dally please, just get your butt off the deck!!!
But it’s not quite as simplistic as that, is it? Invariably a departing aircraft is cleared to line up after the landing aircraft on short final and be ready immediate. ATC clearance to take off is dependant on that landing aircraft vacating rapidly in accordance with the RET recommended exit speed and surface conditions, if it doesn’t all bets are off. In which case, the approaching aircraft has to go around.