A tower-induced go-round

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Hard to say (I wasn't looking at my GPS). I'd say a mile out, maybe
two?


What did you do before GPS? You were approaching a 6000' runway. Were you
one runway-length out, or were you two runway-lengths out?



Probably 1/2 mile.


Sounds like plenty of room to me.



There was a 182 that had just called in, so he was 5+ miles out. I
agree the 172 stopping was the basic problem, ...


If you believed the basic problem was the 172's unexpected stop why was your
ire directed solely at the controller?



but the controller
should have instructed him to land long or keep rolling. He did
neither.


Why should he have done either? You said the 172 touched down 1500' from
the threshold, he DID land long. You said the unexpected stop was the
problem, there'd have been plenty of room if not for that. The AIM tells
pilots, "At airports with an operating control tower, pilots should not stop
or reverse course on the runway without first obtaining ATC approval." Why
should the controller have expected the 172 to act contrary to that?



I doubt it, but we'll see.


You think people will choose to be control tower operators when they can
make more money doing something else?