Go-around - my first sighting

Capt.Doug wrote:

Go-arounds, otherwise called balked landings, are standard training
curriculum. Once or twice a year we may have to perform one.


but surely not real-time in an aircraft, Doug? The twice-yearly routine
is in a simulator, I'm sure! And that's what simulators are there for
anyway, isn't it - to hone your aviation knowledge and skills in upset
and abnormal situations?

Ramapriya