is it just me?

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

Where do you live?

In a country called "US" too. What a coincidence. But mine's on Earth,
where controllers can err and tires can blow.

- Andrew

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

In the US, controllers would sequence the arriving aircraft so that a go
around would not be necessary.

Not always. I had the plane in front of me fail to clear the runway in time at TTN
once.

George Patterson
If you want to know God's opinion of money, just look at the people
he gives it to.

"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
online.com...

In a country called "US" too. What a coincidence. But mine's on Earth,
where controllers can err and tires can blow.


Apparently your just inexperienced.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
...


"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

In the US, controllers would sequence the arriving aircraft so that a go
around would not be necessary.

Not always. I had the plane in front of me fail to clear the runway in
time at TTN
once.


That doesn't mean there wasn't sufficient spacing.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

That doesn't mean there wasn't sufficient spacing.

I could well believe that there was sufficient spacing when the plane ahead of me was
still a mile away from touchdown. There was not when I crossed the threshold.

George Patterson
If you want to know God's opinion of money, just look at the people
he gives it to.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
...


"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

That doesn't mean there wasn't sufficient spacing.

I could well believe that there was sufficient spacing when the plane
ahead of me was
still a mile away from touchdown. There was not when I crossed the
threshold.


How do you know?

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

How do you know?

The controller told me so.

George Patterson
If you want to know God's opinion of money, just look at the people
he gives it to.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
...

The controller told me so.


Did you not have the previous airplane in sight?

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:


"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
online.com...

In a country called "US" too. What a coincidence. But mine's on Earth,
where controllers can err and tires can blow.


Apparently your just inexperienced.

You have it backwards. I have experienced controllers issuing a go-around.
I've also been the cause of this, I'm sorry to say, when a tire failed on
landing.

So if you've never experienced a controller issuing a go around, then you
are lacking in that experience. Lucky you.

- Andrew

G.R. Patterson III wrote:



"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

How do you know?

The controller told me so.

In the US on Earth, the controller has to make certain assumptions. That #1
won't blow a tire is one of those assumptions, of course. Others include
that #1 won't slow a lot on final or dally on the runway.

And just to make matters "worse", I've been cleared as #3 or #4 to land. So
the controller is making a fairly lengthy chain of assumptions (even on
small planes, we're speaking now of 9 tires holding together {8^).

- Andrew