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Old 18th Jan 2017, 18:44
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rick1128
 
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Many professional pilots have fallen into this trap. Case in point was the pilot for the President of Poland. He crashed on his ninth attempted approach. Target/goal fixation is a killer in this business.

My personal rule is that after the first approach, if I can not figure out what went wrong, I go with a new game plan. A different approach or more likely a different airport.
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