How about this one.... You're approaching MDA and the Captain says "I can make it"...busts MDA and breaks out at 75 feet and lands smoothly. What would you do in that situation?

My answer would be to call tower at MDA and call missed....if he continues and lands it's all on him at that point. Correct answer??

 

I think the question is more geared towards the fact that you already landed and therefore can't tell tower you're going around. I'd talk to the CA first and explain to him that while he may feel he can make it, regulations exist for a reason and you would like to keep your certificate. As a retired UAL captain once told us when a buddy met an undesirable young lady at the bar "If you're not going to abide by minimums, why even have them?"

If that doesn't do it, contact the PSC (AFETR you've talked to the CA and have told him your going to do that) at your company and request help. Get advice from them on whether you should fill out an ASAP report. The main focus is to keep it within the pilot group and solve the problem without hanging a guy out to dry. What they're generally looking for is that you don't say "I'm going to call the Chief Pilot and rat him out and hopefully cost him his job".

 

Exactly. The interviewers asking this question are pilots...they don't want to work with a tool who will throw his buddies under the bus at the drop of a hat. But they would also like to think gross safety violations will not be easily perpetuated...they would like some institutional resistance to behavior like "do-it-yourself CAT III's". Too lax of an attitude on stuff like this will eventually result in a smoking hole...

 

I was on a company j/s and the FO called a go around because the tailwind was exceeding limitations and the capt. just kept going down. Nice huh?

 

I guess it depends on how many seniority numbers you are from upgrade.