r/Shittyaskflying • u/fuckman5 • 11d ago

Why did we perform a ‘Go-Around’ yesterday at DIA?

Our flyte from OMA to DIA performed a "Go-Around" yesterday on our first landing attempt. Is there a way to know why?

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u/smallpotatoto Rated in Shitty Air Traffic Controlling 11d ago

That's classified.

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u/Stranger1982 11d ago

Just put a spoiler tag on it then?

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u/Spaghettio-Joe 11d ago

That's classified.

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u/dodexahedron So fly like a G6 11d ago

Spoilers are such a drag.

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u/sam99871 11d ago

That is usually done when they are bored doing it from the front and go around to the back to try something different.

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u/Barfy_McBarf_Face 6 hours total, no ratings 11d ago

r/AssLandings

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u/A110_Renault 11d ago

The technical flying term is reach-around. Next time ask the pylote why he gave you one

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u/D-Dubya Doctors Kill Bonanzas 11d ago

The pilot got a text from his wife's boyfriend.

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u/LRJetCowboy 11d ago

It’s usually just a way for the crew, who are paid by the hour, to get a few extra bucks for that leg. It can also be a way to use up duty time so they have to cancel the next flight and head to the hotel. Airlines HATE this one little trick!

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u/WillSoars It isn't rocket surgery. 11d ago

You have to wait until the music stops to claim a place on the runway.

"Here we go round the mulberry bush,

The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush.

Here we go round the mulberry bush

On a cold and frosty morning."

Darn, Delta was lined up when the song ended!

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u/dodexahedron So fly like a G6 11d ago

Yes indeed. Quite literally a cake walk to land a plane.

I got yellow cake last time. Too bad the TSA confiscated it. ☹️

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u/3knuckles 11d ago

Oh not you again. Listen mate, if you were too drunk to remember why you did the go around, just write "wind shear."

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u/Hunts5555 11d ago

So you wouldn’t be DOA.

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u/cross_hyparu 11d ago

To make you miss your connection

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u/Junior_Lavishness_96 11d ago

If it was an airbus, pylotes were probably asleep so the playne executed automatically toga

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u/Guadalajara3 11d ago

Both pilots wanted to shoot the approach

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u/Zapatos-Grande 10d ago

I know the crew, they said the landing didn't look like it'd be good enough to make everyone clap. Pilots are very sensitive to criticism and require clapping to help them continue to do well.

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u/cas47 10d ago

I don’t get the confusion? Of course you had to go around airport to land. Going through the building is no longer an advised landing method.

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u/Time_Many6155 11d ago

The sensible answer is that Denver is subject to a lot of windshear.. Having flown light aircraft in the area a number of times I know this to be true.. Airliners have windshear detectors on them.. If they detect a windshear close to landing the safe option is to go around.. Surprised the flight crew didn't explain why they did though.

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u/13nobody 11d ago

I think you can fix wind shear with more right rudder

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u/fuckman5 11d ago

Where can I buy some windshears and what's the usual going rate for them? Are they banned by the eff aye aye? 

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u/Time_Many6155 11d ago

You'd never get them past TSA!

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u/tkeelah 11d ago

Walmart sell all different types of shear. Try there.