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Old 16th May 2016, 12:58
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wiggy
 
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I still wonder though, who will pick up the tab for the extra fuel used?
Putting it simply the airline owning the airframe that went around, fundamentally on the principle that it's aviation, these things happen and in any event tomorrow the shoe/go-around might be on the other foot.

From airframe drivers POV Go-arounds can happen for a whole host of reasons ( and some events do actually require a go-around). If you do one a pilot's report is filed through head office...and that's probably the end of the story, though Flight Data Recorder/Quick Access recorder trace will always get looked at/analysed to make sure all went OK once the decision to go-around was made....

Companies do try to detect trends, so if there was a high go-around rate at a particular airport no doubt more research would be done to find out why....but management are not going to chase ATC (and the other operator involved, if there is one) over every single discontinued approach.

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