I totally agree with None,
at this point (1000 ft ) you just have a few seconds to decide what to do, atc is managing your landing with the accuracy of a swiss watch since a long time...so the right thing to do is to land..even without usual clearance to do so...when everything was checked by the crew for a safe landing....
going around and initiating a huge mess in such area like lemd, is not the best course of action...(what about torrejon, quatrovientos...traffic nearby ???)
Why initiate a new problem..when you have the possibility to "save the day" in the upcoming seconds ???
Without a clearance for approach, the situation was totally different...but in this precise case..I would have kissed the runway the same way..and afterwoods bla bla with atc...
Last edited by roljoe; 25th April 2008 at 09:19.