Originally Posted by
India Four Two
Regardless of how the crew failed to hear the go-around instructions, occasional incidents like this are inevitable, if US ATC persists in giving landing clearances, before the runway is clear!
It happens in many countries. We also don't ever get a "behind arriving traffic, line up and wait" in the US.
It also moves traffic. The USA has a heck of a lot more traffic to move than Europe. The controllers use anticipated separation to make the calls. Good controllers will move traffic like a maestro conducting an orchestra. You go to ORD, LAX, JFK or ATL and everyone is moving in synch, from approach all the way to the local controller.
The Air Canada crew made an error. They missed calls. It wasn't serious this time and it could have been a simple switching error but it was an error. They don't deserve to get hung but someone needs to figure out just what happened. You can't learn from your mistakes if you don't know the mistake you made.