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Old 1st Jun 2003, 08:35
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Bladestrike
 
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Question Committing to the missed

In an enviroment where ARAs to mins is the norm, and about 1/3 of them result in a missed approach, I've occassionally seen "Visual, I have control" calls where visual reference is afterwards lost, hence requiring buddy on the dials to retake control and commence a missed. This is going to happen from time to time in this enviroment, but its the other way around that bothers me.

I have on occassion seen the guy looking out the window call for the missed at mins, buddy on the dials initiate a climbing turn away from the rig, then the guy looking for the rig catching a glimpse of it and calling "visual, I have control". On occassion, as a climb is already initiated, the visual reference is soon lost and the missed is reintiated.

Is this the norm or would it be prudent to continue with the missed once it is initiated, regardless if you get visual reference to the rig. I see alot of control transfers very close to a very big obstruction. Is there a standard out there?

This must happen in the runway enviroment as well.

Any input appreciated.
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