Originally Posted by
EasternATC
Meh. Back in the day (1980s) at DCA, we denied go-arounds probably three or four times a year. It was always because the landing pilot didn't think there was enough separation from the departure in front of him. Nothing ever came of it, but there was no such thing as Youtube back then!
In this case, fortunately, it all turned out okay, so the lesson(s) are free.
Something to consider: either the pilot didn't know reduced runway separation is allowed at towered airports, indicating a gap in his training, or... he sincerely had a preference or opspec to not participate in it. If the latter is the case, short final is much too late to advise ATC.
While ATC may have an option to clear aircraft to land on an occupied runway, a pilot is never, ever required to actually land in such circumstances, or any other circumstances where he's not comfortable doing so.
Kind of like LAHSO, except that with LAHSO we get advance warning so we have time to do the required calculations to ensure safety before we decide to accept.
As far as training, we are never trained to land on an occupied runway, except multi-ship fighter formations (I think they're actually moving away from that?) and maybe aerobatic performers. It's not in the lexicon for most GA or 121 pilots.