Go-Around Limitations?

CRMDEEN_at_aol.com
Tue, 19 Aug 1997 11:43:31 -0400 (EDT)

Hi gang,
Yesterday in a CRM refresher class I was asking the students why a
co-pilot would not tell the other pilot to go-around from a poor final
approach. One of the answers I got was "we are allowed only one go-around."

Explanation: When a pilot is receiving a flight check, he is allowed
to take himself around on the first attempt at landing. If his second
attempt at landing results in a go-around, he fails the landing skill portion
of the evaluation.
How many "go-arounds" do the flying organizations on this net allow?
Is this really a hidden signal to the pilots? Should this really be the
excuse for allowing a poor final approach to continue through to a failed
landing?
Tell me it ain't so!

Greg Deen
HTI