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the Vref approach speed rather than accelerating to missed approach speed. (Other airplanes are certified to fly missed approaches with the auto-throttles engaged). During one simulator event, I had a crew advise me that they performed a missed approach in actual flight at LaGuardia Airport, and they nearly stalled the airplane into the ocean for this reason.
One large FAR Part 135 operator, in order to reinforce this learning, recently arranged for six missed approaches or go-arounds to be conducted during the pilots recurrent training period. Most jet operators also have a stabilized approach policy. (See T&T September 2023) In an
attempt to lessen the reluctance to go around the majority of these operators also have a “no fault” go- around policy as well.
We have all read many articles on how to conduct a go-around maneuver, but all of them are very vague on when you should execute a go-around. These vague descriptions include “go around when the approach does not look right” and “go around when you are not stabilized”.
The goal of this article is to assist you with the decision- making process to know whether to continue or abort the landing and set up for another try. Most pilots can make minor corrections and continue to a landing, but when do these corrections become too much to overcome?
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