One thing that does always make me think about departing with min fuel to short runways is the "what if" regarding a Flap/Slat problem, and then going looking for a runway long enough to land on (might not be our Fuel alternate) and the fuel penalty diverting there with some form of flap hanging out. One to keep you awake at night!
I do sympathise regarding the Captain's situation though - he may have felt because he was making it through his flights he was OK, but some extra stress overloaded him. It's not like he's the first person ever to stuff the thrust levers forward and keep following the FDs down on a go around.
Also, out of interest, is TCX the airline the AAIB Ops guys do their flying with?
Last edited by Jwscud; 11th Oct 2014 at 08:29.
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