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Originally Posted by cmill  A question kind of related to this one, I've once had a tower controller tell me on a dive bomb short approach "do not execute a go-around." I didn't plan on it, but i got to thinking, if I'm gonna over-shoot the runway, wtf am i supposed to do?
I'm sure it really wasn't a command as much as him implying that i had better make the run way, because if i don't its gonna be a major PITA, and i could see why. I was landing 13R at DFW, and a go around would put me right over the departure ends of all 18's and 17's.
Just wondering if anyone else had heard an instruction like that. |
Don't forget, while ATC does do a great job most of the time, they are there for you, not the other way around. They cannot tell you to do anything with your aircraft that you don't want to do. Including a go-around. As PIC, you are ultimately responsible for anything that happens as a result of your aircraft.
This being said, I do always try to help ATC as much I can with whatever they might need, as some will try to help us. It's not an "us vs. them" scenario. We're all trying to get home at the end of the day.
But, if you can't do it, you can't do it. Just let them know.