Originally Posted by
pineteam
Why so many serious incidents during go around and interception from above? I mean these are normal easy procedures. IMO, it’s obvious cause we don’t practise this in normal line especially go around (hopefully not!$$$). Go around are practised many times in simulator sessions but still too many professional pilots are messing them up during the line cause as good as simulator is the startle effect is not there and a simulator can not reproduce somatogravic illusion. This threat is so insidious and completely underestimated by most pilots. The main reason Airbus introduced the soft go around function is because of that illusion and not like I heard from some colleagues “to save the engines”.
Pilots assume they are good enough by just practicing in the simulator until that day they are suffering from fatigue and need to do a manoeuvre they never did in the real aircraft. Then the reality will hit in their face really hard… Just like I consider myself an ok car driver until the day I need to do a parallel parking and realise how !!!!! I am.
On the topic of joining from above, I generally find this easier to do without the AP. There are too many buttons to push, and knobs to twist. Click it all off and follow the instruments (or look outside). Much easier and more intuitive.