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Old 14th Jul 2012, 22:14
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babotika
 
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Hi veloo,

Are these red airbusses going around? If so the company sets out very strict criteria which has to be met at 1000ft AAL: approach speed, landing config, on glide and localiser, checklists completed. It can happen that crews aren't able to meet all the criteria - sometimes due to taking a shortcut, bad planning or just an unexpected tailwind and therefore have to go around due to the company's procedures.

I don't know if the grey/white boeings also apply such strict criteria, but most operators have something similar. Where I work the hard limit is 500ft AAL which is a bit easier to achieve at times.

S.
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