Old 02-18-2008 | 08:38 PM
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Default Landing without a clearance - What would you do?

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.
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