Go around into CB area
Sitting on the tarmac in Pisa a couple of nights ago. There was a massive line of thunderstorms just north of the airfield. My highly experienced captain said he had never seen that much activity. Now to my question:
Wind was reported at 030/15G35 and the runway is 04R/22L. As I said the thunderstorms were just north of the airfield and no one in their right mind was going to depart rwy 04R and hit the CBs. But people were quite happy to shoot the approach to 04R with a potential go around due to the windshear reported and then ending up in the CBs.
What is your view on this? Are we just thinking that we will always land? A wise person told me to consider any approach to be with a go around, with the possibility of a landing instead of the other way around.