Originally Posted by
krismiler
.........This crew were in excess of normal parameters by about double, ATC should have the authority to discontinue an approach when it exceedes normal plus a certain percentage, unless a MAYDAY call has been made....
....Complying with an ATC instruction enables the crew to save face, anyone who has flown in Asian knows how important that is, and it cuts through confusion and tunnel vision.....
......safety might be improved if ATC were to enforce a "gate" on arriving aircraft which if not met would result in an immediate instruction to go-around.
I think that you are entering the territory of “shark infested custard” suggesting that ATC have the competence to instruct the aircraft commander to abandon the approach for exceeding “normal parameters”.
However, if the Aerodrome Controller had been paying attention, the ATCO would have observed that the GEAR was NOT down, and been totally justified in ordering a GO AROUND.
Just why the ATCO was not paying attention, has yet to be revealed....
Workload management; situational awareness, to name but two aspects which fell apart.
Rich in CRM aspect, not to mention the ‘Swiss Cheese’ model. Enough for a complete conference.
Another mission for Angelo C perhaps......?