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CAA
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Develop some educational material on go-around procedures where involuntary overtaking may occur, and promulgate this to pilots and controllers.
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The publication of go-around procedures for use by pilots is considered in appropriate because of the varying permutations that may confront them. Specific guidelines may, in fact, cause a more dangerous situation if the pilot does not take into account all current circumstances. A guideline to a pilot to turn towards the non traffic side, for example, on runway 34 at Wellington, would result in a heading directly towards Mount Victoria.
It may however, be appropriate for CAA to produce guidelines for use by ATC in the case of a go-around behind a departure where the preceding aircraft is advised to maintain the runway heading. Then, in the unlikely case of a higher performance aircraft being unable to out climb the preceding aircraft, a turn may be made to overtake. The actual direction of turn may then be determined by the following pilot safely. Such ATC advice would have to take local conditions, such as terrain, into account.
It may however, be appropriate for CAA to produce guidelines for use by ATC in the case of a go-around behind a departure where the preceding aircraft is advised to maintain the runway heading. Then, in the unlikely case of a higher performance aircraft being unable to out climb the preceding aircraft, a turn may be made to overtake. The actual direction of turn may then be determined by the following pilot safely. Such ATC advice would have to take local conditions, such as terrain, into account.
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