Originally Posted by
alf5071h
For those who have flown a go around in similar circumstances - what was the trigger factor which changed the original plan, why.
"Why', how did this situation differ from similar marginal approaches with a satisfactory landing.
If we can answer why, then this is a basis for questioning the crews action, always subjective, even if we have assumed certainty.
If a VERY highly experienced ex Air Force ‘Wing Commander‘, ex test pilot, training captain cannot judge ‘why’ the need for a timely go-around, then sorry, he has no place in command of an airliner, full of passengers.
How did this situation differ? Are you serious? Have you not been reading other posts in this thread? Long landing? Wet runway? Tailwind? Marginal weather? This is basic Threat & Error Management.
If anything, he should have been go-around minded right from the start of the approach. In fact he was during the first approach to Runway 28. Why didn’t he go around again on the subsequent approach to Runway 10? The officials say he still had plenty of fuel onboard.