Thomas cook b757 incident, what a total mess

[The Ancient Geek]

The problem is that for most crews a go-around it rare so they are not ready and it is not a normal opperation.
It is not only the mechanical actions required to reject the approach, each airport has a missed approach pattern to be flown, shown on the approach plate. In many cases there are obstructions and conflicts to be considered.

Back in my days in the game reserves it was unusual to go around less than once a week, mainly due to wildlife. OK, so the Twotter is a lot simpler to fly than a modern jet but every approach was briefed and on a hair trigger for a go around. Nowadays we have persistent incidents due to continuing with unstable approaches, I have a strong suspicion that many of these would not have happened if the crew had been confident of their ability and prepared to go around.