Originally Posted by
framer
I like that analogy and broadly agree.
I think you and I would probably agree on most things flying if we were having a beer at the pub. All I really wanted to put out there for consumption is that if you get in the habit of using modes other than TOGA to conduct a go-around,( as in the OP) be aware that in some circumstances you can get surprise terrain pull up warnings that wouldn’t have happened if you had done what both Boeing, and most likely your company, expected you to do. They told you to use a flat head, you chose to use a butter knife, now you’ve stripped the screw. It doesn’t matter that it worked beautifully the 49 times you did it before, they will still be a bit grumpy.
Thank you. There is one exception, and that is the go-around with a very low level-off, such as at Nice (1,500ft), for which purpose the equipment is not fit, and where I briefed that I would activate TO/GA but use manual thrust and set about 70% N1, which always worked well in the sim (and the once I did it for real).