Second thread first post
https://assets.publishing.service.go...OOBE_11-16.pdf
This incident report on a botched go-around in a Boeing 757 reveals somewhat feverish activity in the cockpit for a seemingly straight forward visual go-around. The haste at which the PF tried to engage the automatic pilot a few seconds after initiating the go-around, suggests either he lacked faith in his own ability to fly a manual go-around; or the company policy was to engage the automatics as quickly as possible after a go-around and he merely followed a company recommended procedure. That procedure is flawed if this incident is any example.
Either way, we are seeing yet another situation where the accent on rapid engagement of the autopilot and associated automatics such as the flight director, over-rides common sense and good airmanship. If this is what is taught in the simulator during type rating and recurrent training, then is it any wonder incidents such this will continue to happen.
Time and again, automation dependency has proved a threat to the safe operation of a jet transport aircraft. A manually flown raw data go-around, whether visual or IMC, should offer no problem to a well trained competent pilot. The trouble is there are not many of these people around, anymore. That being so, it could be argued the blame lies squarely with training departments who consistently disregard the evidence that degradation of manual flying skills needs to be addressed by more than just lip service and a quickie manually flown visual ILS.