PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Bizarre Go-Arounds
View Single Post
Old 9th Aug 2010, 11:08
  #35 (permalink)  
FlightDetent

Only half a speed-brake
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Commuting not home
Age: 46
Posts: 4,321
Received 3 Likes on 3 Posts
Originally Posted by bobwi
What is your point?
Lighten up bobwi. I stand firmly with the (airbus) trash in - trash out brigade. My simple wink is that AB can actually tell you to go around. Indeed, if followed, this shall be correctly reported to ATC as a windshear alert. Even if one needs to describe the event later to more knowledgable people (a.k.a. the chief pilot), the words "the machine decided to go-around" are not semantically correct. Just as you say.

Yours,
FD (the un-real)

Last edited by FlightDetent; 9th Aug 2010 at 12:00.
FlightDetent is offline