"Ramapriya" wrote in message
Have you guys ever missed an approach and had to hit TOGA? And does a
go-around make its way as a pilot's log book entry?

Go-arounds, otherwise called balked landings, are standard training
curriculum. Once or twice a year we may have to perform one. We fill out a
captain's report for the chief pilot, but that's so the safety department
can identify trends. The pilots are not disciplined. The last one I peformed
was at DCA with it's funky restrictions because a departing CRJ aborted
their take-off for engine malfunctions.

In the Airbus, if the pilots leave the power levers in cruise and do a 360
degree turn, the flight data recorder won't show it as a go-around. Less
paperwork that way.

D.