Your points are true enough; it will be a rare occasion when all avenues
of assertion and procedures are ineffective in facilitating a go around.
The problem is the one-thousandth time when it is not successful. I am
constantly asked by commuter and regional pilots how to respond to the
"mutiny" scenario when the Captain is deviating from SOP and convinced
everything is in hand. My understanding is the larger carriers are also
presenting these situations to pilot applicants to determine their
willingness to be assertive (aggressive?) on the flight deck.
A few years ago didn't we see a flight crew struggle over the controls
when the FO wanted to err on the safe side and tried to force a go
around?
How do I help these young pilots (and myself) address the "thousandth
time" when everything isn't going just right? And more to the point
what meaning is attached to the responses these scenarieos in an
interview? Is there a right and wrong answer?
Dan