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Please forgive us all, but as has been said before, this is a normal operational procedure. As a learner I practise these with regularity, so that when the time comes to do it for real, I can without alarm.
The reason for the acidity is that Fleet Streets "finest?" are not averse to banging a post on here in a similar vain, waiting for something boring to come out, and then splashing "Jet in near death incident" across the fromt page, quoting "industry insiders" as the source for the CR*P they write.
What the go around means is that the flight crew exercised good airmanship and judgement, and ultimately did what they are paid and trained for. Thats all, now can we have an end to this sort of post please. Those interested should buy Trevor Thom volume 1, and those trying to make a page 1 out of sod all should buy a ticket to Madrid and join their mates harrasing the Beckhams.
Rant over!!
Please forgive us all, but as has been said before, this is a normal operational procedure. As a learner I practise these with regularity, so that when the time comes to do it for real, I can without alarm.
The reason for the acidity is that Fleet Streets "finest?" are not averse to banging a post on here in a similar vain, waiting for something boring to come out, and then splashing "Jet in near death incident" across the fromt page, quoting "industry insiders" as the source for the CR*P they write.
What the go around means is that the flight crew exercised good airmanship and judgement, and ultimately did what they are paid and trained for. Thats all, now can we have an end to this sort of post please. Those interested should buy Trevor Thom volume 1, and those trying to make a page 1 out of sod all should buy a ticket to Madrid and join their mates harrasing the Beckhams.
Rant over!!
Ah PPRUNE. I love it!
The insightful comments of proffesional aviators sitting in front of a computer where the oxygen levels are too great, so we get awesome responses like the ones on this forum....
Keep em coming.....
The insightful comments of proffesional aviators sitting in front of a computer where the oxygen levels are too great, so we get awesome responses like the ones on this forum....
Keep em coming.....
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AFA,
Sorry. I used the word "captain" in error. I do, of course, concede that there are two "pilots" up front, and that either could have been "driving" at the time.
Sorry for the generalisation.
Was BD700 a leased aeroplane? You refer to its regn as ZS-ESA?? Sorry for being so inquisitive.
Sorry. I used the word "captain" in error. I do, of course, concede that there are two "pilots" up front, and that either could have been "driving" at the time.
Sorry for the generalisation.
Was BD700 a leased aeroplane? You refer to its regn as ZS-ESA?? Sorry for being so inquisitive.
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Well folks
Thank you for the response. Some pointlessly Ars*y but most very informative. I take the point about the mundane aspect of a go around. Thank you for the education.
Thank you for the response. Some pointlessly Ars*y but most very informative. I take the point about the mundane aspect of a go around. Thank you for the education.
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A300man, i wouldn't worry about your comment. The answer to your question is neither were "driving"....cos the airbus flies itself...the pilots just sit and watch it do it!
Expedite
p.s Wonder how many people will take offense to that?
Expedite
p.s Wonder how many people will take offense to that?
Ystwyth
Most go-arounds at LHR are caused by the aircraft in front not vacating the runway. ATC posters on this forum from LHR estimate that on average there is one such incident per day.
Unless the weather is very windy (as on March 20th this year) it would be rare to see a go around for any other reason. On March 20th a number of aircraft went around because of crosswinds out of limits during gusts.
In both instances this is a completely routine procedure for which crews are well prepared. Most modern aircraft (particularly twin-jets) have very powerful engines which can get a fully-laden aircraft off the ground should one of the other engines fail during the take-off run. Thus when a landing aircraft (lighter weight) experiences a go-around and full power is applied there is an enormous amount of power available to get the aircraft out of harm's way very quickly.
Most go-arounds at LHR are caused by the aircraft in front not vacating the runway. ATC posters on this forum from LHR estimate that on average there is one such incident per day.
Unless the weather is very windy (as on March 20th this year) it would be rare to see a go around for any other reason. On March 20th a number of aircraft went around because of crosswinds out of limits during gusts.
In both instances this is a completely routine procedure for which crews are well prepared. Most modern aircraft (particularly twin-jets) have very powerful engines which can get a fully-laden aircraft off the ground should one of the other engines fail during the take-off run. Thus when a landing aircraft (lighter weight) experiences a go-around and full power is applied there is an enormous amount of power available to get the aircraft out of harm's way very quickly.
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Yes it does get a bit tedious every go-around and aborted take off being reported. If it get's any worse it will be why the XYZ321 had a slot delay yesterday
I try to hold my 'excitement' when I hear one and just make up my own reason from given information, but don't blame people for asking.
BTW, Why is the MYT flight from Alicante into BFS late today by a few minutes?
joking ofcourse
I try to hold my 'excitement' when I hear one and just make up my own reason from given information, but don't blame people for asking.
BTW, Why is the MYT flight from Alicante into BFS late today by a few minutes?
joking ofcourse
