Originally Posted by
lgaflyer
A trainer will probably not let a GA happen on a stablized approach because it wastes fuel (aka money)! Heck, they dont even let a GA happen even on an unstablized approach (reference PVD)!! They can try talking them down with one hand guarding the yoke. Same CFI techniques we all used before. Why can't they apply the same technique here?
In my years here I have never ever heard of someone saying not to go around because it costs money. Never. In fact, we constantly hear the opposite. If the approach is unstable or if for any reason we feel it's not right, that we should go around. This is constantly reiterated in the written documents and in the online training and in the sim.
I've never had a conservative decision questioned.
The stuff I'm reading here is totally inconsistent with my own personal experience, but of course I haven't been a newhire here in many years.
But the idea that we shouldn't go around because it would cost money is ridiculous.