I agree wiff the Oom - the point was not the go around, but the blaming it on someone else.
Boskok - "...that ego's will be hurt if the wrong parties are blamed..."
It's really not about egos here - I just find it a little unsettling when we as ATC's must take a call from one of the passengers who were on board said a/c and being asked point blank, "Are you ATC's fast asleep or what!? I didn't take the call but was standing right next to the Controller who did.
Tea or no tea - this has been reported to the CAA and we will follow it up.
Your "not clever enough to be a pilot" PAX in the rear will almost always include some spotter who survive off "..sensationalised stories in newspapers of passengers in "near-death emergencies.."
If blame must be allocated so as to not hurt your own ego, then blame it on the wind, the moon or the stars - not ATC!
