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Old 19th Jul 2021, 12:30
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sonicbum
 
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All engines operating high energy go arounds are statistically speaking one of the most screwed-up manoeuvres within our Industry. There are tons of very well written articles and safety briefings reporting events and incidents over the past years involving mismanaged go arounds and the bottom line is to brief and rehearse the actions during the approach briefing highlighting the important threats. And this is another thing: threats briefings. Pilots tend to look for threats all over the place because it must be included in the briefing, it is in the SOPs so we must talk about some threats. Excellent, that is very true, but we must talk about real threats, stuff that is beneficial to us. During line checks or sim checks I occasionally see pilots talking about threats such as "Atc, terrain, weather, complex taxi routing... anything else?" How effective is this? Zero, but hey you've considered many important aspects so you can put the checkmark on the threats part of the approach briefing. Threats must be very specific and as pilots we must have a few very clear key points for the approach (same as for departure btw) that stick to our brain to prevent getting caught in the action.
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