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Old 7th Jan 2014, 19:26
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Vlad the Impaler
 
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"Commander of aircraft makes decision whilst possibly not in possession of all the facts required to safely come to a different decision than the controller"
Chapeau.
We don't generally send em round for fun and it certainly might not be for what appears to be the obvious reason. I'm all for the pilot having a say now and again but when the man (or woman) in the tall pointy office says "go around", if I was down the back I'd much rather you did.
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