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Old 5th Nov 2010, 17:26
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cosmo kramer
 
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sharpclassic,
I understand the point, but it's not really addressing the underlying issue - why he could become so overloaded from performing a standard maneuver.

One thing is not "getting in". Of course the approach can be conducted at a greater ease with auto pilot engaged, better overview and capacity to look out, then disconnect and land. But from the start of the go-around all this is history, and the point is now only to get the aircraft away from the ground. It's a new maneuver, a new task and the fact that he didn't land but initiated the go around should have been a reset point. And then a maneuver that is quite simple - pitch, throttle, breathe and take it easy. Only those two things are really important. As long as both engines are operating it will get away from the ground even with landing flaps and the gear down.

Then how could the go-around get so messed up. That is the issue to uncover, rather than to blame it on underuse of automation.

Was it training? fatigue? or... what was the reason? Or perhaps it was none of those and simply the one time in the career where the curtain goes down on an otherwise skilled pilot - Then how come the co-pilot didn't react? Training? fatigue? the same questions over again.. plus some new ones, like culture? hierarchy? etc.

If the reason is found it can, perhaps, be corrected.
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