"Newps" wrote in
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.

And you would inform other traffic or ATC facility of this how?

moo