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Originally Posted by Chief Captain  I'll borrow this from Airline Pilot Central: http://airlinepilotforums.com/showthread.php?t=22512
Here’s a question:
You’re going into Atlanta on one of those pretty busy nights where nobody can get a word in, and ATC kept you high and fast, then slam dunks you. So now you’re nearly there, and at 100ft, you realize that you’re still with approach control, and haven’t been given clearance to land. What do you do? Go missed or just land? The runway is clear, and there’s no traffic that seems to be about to cross the runway. You know you have more than enough fuel to loiter for a bit, so that’s no issue. Ceiling is 1000ft and 10SM visibility. Would your answer be different if the FAA was on board?
Please let us not get sidetracked with how you managed to be on approach frequency at 100ft. |
Actually happens quite a bit in ATL. You are expected to just switch over to twr at the marker. If you don't, twr will usually have approach give you a reminder. I've even heard approach clear somebody to land. There are also many cases folks have landed without a clearance and later checked on with tower and heard them say "no problem, you saw the green light right????....Right?" The regs say go around, but every controller there would tell you they would rather have you land. Go-arounds mess up the flow