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Old 7th Jan 2014, 19:38
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Jonty
 
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Sorry Vlad, disagree with you there.

The Captain must think about the safety of his aircraft, and if he (she) thinks that is best served by ignoring an order from ATC then so be it.

After all, the chap in the tall pointy office, isn't attached the the large pointy plane, traveling very fast.

In this case, ATC issued a Go Around order, and the Captain elected to ignore it. Let's find out why before we roundly condemn the guy.
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