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Civil / Airliner45 min lesson
Go-Around Decision Making
You will recognise an unstable approach early, execute a go-around smoothly, and set up for a second attempt without panic.
About this lesson
Most sim pilots have never practiced a go-around under pressure. Your tutor deliberately sets up scenarios — unstable approaches, late runway changes, traffic conflicts — and coaches the decision and execution until it becomes automatic.
Why a human tutor? The hardest part of a go-around is deciding to do it. A tutor puts you in scenarios where you have to make the call under time pressure.
What you'll learn
- ✓Recognising an unstable approach — the three triggers
- ✓The go-around sequence: power, pitch, config, communicate
- ✓Managing the pitch-up and trimming for climb
- ✓When to go around vs when to salvage the approach
- ✓Setting up the second approach without rushing
Prerequisites
- •Comfortable flying approaches in your aircraft
- •Basic understanding of approach procedures
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Prep material
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