Originally Posted by
Intruder
Still, I would not question anyone if he decided to go around in the situation. As for Lord Spandex Masher's FSO, he needs a different job if he is questioning a pilot's decision to go around ANY time!
He wasn't questioning my decision he wanted to know why we had made the decision as it wasn't obvious from the traces why we had gone around.
Just goes to show what you can get away with as far as FDM goes
Originally Posted by ast83
1 - you never got the aircraft established on the published vertical profile, in which case it the approach has not gone to plan and I would be very much go around minded.
Call visual.