Recent focus on go-arounds overlooks two important points:-
- Although a crew may have been trained how to fly a GA; they still require judgement and motivation to choose to fly the GA, i.e knowing when to change the approach to a GA – when to change the plan.
- The other point is to have a plan; one which ideally considers the risks during the landing to avoid a change, choose the safer option; or have a plan which clearly recognises the need for a GA because of the potential risks of the chosen option, e.g. choice of tailwind approach would require close attention to approach and touchdown accuracy, which if not achieved, a GA is the safer option.
“A Landing is an approach without a Go Around”