Happy Dog wrote:
"Greg Farris" wrote in message news:

"Cleared for the option" is used in pattern work, not in emergencies or
delicate situations. If you are in an emergency, or you have given the
controller any indication that your landing may not be a sure thing, they
will
not say "Cleared for the option". They will most likely move other traffic
out
of your way, and clear you to the runway of your choice and watch you very
closely, one hand on the phone. Besides that, if you're really worried
that
you cannot get it down safely, are you really going to want to land and
take
off again?


Did anyone say "emergency"? Imagine yourself in the foreseeable situation
where you, as a less than seasoned pilot, are attempting a night landing, in
a strong crosswind, on a snow and ice covered runway, other traffic or not,
towered or not. In every case are you sure you will be making a full stop
landing? (If that isn't a rhetorical question for you your godlike
abilities precede you.) When unsure, how do you announce your intentions?
It should be rare, but this has happened to me and most other pilots I know
who fly in "delicate" situations. (Common in places with habitually
marginal conditions.)

It still isn't an "option", it's a full stop landing with the
possibility of a go around. As are all landings.