Sorry if this is drifting the thread a little, but do you guys teach your students to go-around to the right of the runway, so that they can keep the runway in sight on their side, or always on the dead side? (ie. on the left side in a right hand circuit)

MJ

BigEndBob

Not really true, we set two 'stable' criteria gates at our airline, one at 1000' and one at 500'. If you are not stable in the approach configuration with approach power set on the engines and the approach speed stable then it is a mandatory go around.

I was forced to fly a go-around into Heathrow the other day with a suspect parking brake. The first thing ATC said after I called go-around was 'Cleared to land' that way they can still charge the company for the approach and landing!

As to why we put up with these horrific charges for GA? There is NO support for GA from the government unlike in the states where there is subsidy. If he could Gordon Brown would grind every GA operation into the ground and turn the airports into housing estates!