Onya
Clarey! That's the truth.
BSQ... The Flying Doctor, RFDS and a host of medivac mobs face the same problem. The underlying fact here is that aviation is not a universal panacea for all the ills of the world. We are first, foremost and always, professional pilots. We are not military pilots who must, on occasion, put their lives on the line for their country. We are all civilians and we all want to have a beer at the end of our working day, maybe even a hot meal if we're lucky enough to find a good (or baaaad
) woman to cook it for us! And is we're that lucky, we probably want to see her again too!
We will always... always... always (let me me repeat that... ALWAYS) do our best to get our passengers to the place they want to go. That includes patients in a medical emergency. But we will not knowingly risk our own lives, or the lives of the doctor/s, nurse/s (not to mention the F/O, of course!) or anyone else in the process.
This is not a case of the noble sacrifice, or the sacrifice of few to save... anything. And certainly not at any cost.
oldfella... are you saying that you don't have to make any adjustment in the event of a OEI go-around off a NPA?
Levelling at MDA is one thing. Climbing away at 2.5% or better is something else entirely... in some types of aircraft.