RNP RNAV Procedures are great and GNS approaches are coming. However we have to work with what we have..and therein lies the problem. Round dials and NDB approaches concentrated the mind wonderfully. We now have glass everything and we let the magic fly us.
Back to basics chaps. Every go-round is annunciated.."Go-round TOGA". Said every time ,done every time. PRESS the BUTTON. Now at least we have our FD pointing where it should. BUT. And this is a hugh BUT...
its dumb. Pitch up and wings level is all it knows. We have to follow a routine. Again every time and the same way every time. Flaps, positive rate, gear, Missed approach altitude. NOW make your FD smart. Give it a roll and pitch mode mode. Heading and V/S (or FLCH). Now at the very least you are climbing to a safe altitude and you have control of your heading. Now turn the d#mn thing yourself or if you can't live without FMS, verify the missed approach has sequenced and arm LNAV. Works every time and more to the point, since you've done it a thousand times in the sim it's a non event. And before you start firing I've done my share of missed approaches for real and they really aren't a big deal.