A tower-induced go-round

"Shirl" wrote in message
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Most people know that the first order of business when you've landed is
to get OFF the runway as soon as able. If this was a student with an
instructor, the instructor KNOWS that, and should have also been aware
that someone was on final behind them. Perhaps there was a valid reason
for stopping that they just did not announce on the radio?

The pilot should not have made a complete stop on
the runway regardless.

Unless there was some emergency/safety factor that prompted them to stop
on the runway.


Recall that Jay discussed the situation with "the guys in the FBO", that's
where he learned it was a student. Had there been an emergency or some
valid reason for stopping I'm sure it would have been mentioned.



Maybe so, but if you're only 1/2 mile behind the guy who just landed,
you should be *ready* to do a go-round if they don't exit the runway
promptly REGARDLESS of whether or not the controller tells you to do so.
At least, that's what I was taught.


But he wasn't 1/2 mile behind the guy who just landed, he was 1/2 mile from
the threshold when the guy landed 1500' down the runway.



To which pilot are you referring? the one who stopped on the runway?


Yes.



Unless you talked with him/her, hard to know if that was a "mistake" or
if he/she had a valid reason for stopping there. I wouldn't assume they
didn't just because they didn't announce it on frequency.


See above.