Originally Posted by
Basil
The requirement in most airlines to file a report in the event of a go-around is, IMHO, inimical to flight safety. There was no such requirement in the RAF where a GA was treated as a normal flight manoeuvre.
Nor in the USN when I was serving.
Requiring a report means that the captain is thinking, at the back of his mind, that a GA report will admit a failing to perform an accurate approach and lead to questioning of his professional ability.
The human element of aviation.
I would suggest that the precise opposite is the truth and would laud the pilot who decides it is all too messy and we'll just:
Go around. Max thrust (but watch that check alt
) Pos clb Gear up
Retune (If steam driven) Flaps up Oops! 500 to go! (Buggah! Missed the thousand call)
If only management understood what you just wrote.