Hello Hartington,
I respect a missed approach probably is alarming to pax and any half decent Captain should come on the PA once the house is in order just to reassure everyone...
However, may I suggest you forward your concerns and comments to the numerous anti airport expansion groups...... when airports only have one runway the chances of missed approaches are significantly increased due to capacity issues and trying to utilise the runway to its max. 98% of the time ATC and pilots do a great job and all is well. Very occaisionally it doesn't work and we go around and fly the approach again..... all that fuel/NOX/CO
2 -do the "anti's" factor that into their arguements
The NIMBY fraternity in this country are very good at delaying the inevitable - the south-east needs additional runway capacity now - not in 5 years times. The Dutch, Germans, French and Spanish have all added additional runways in the last few years - the UK has done nothing (in the south where the demand is....) for 20,30,40 years.
A4