John Galloway wrote:

Nobody ever died simply by landing a glider wheel-up
on a runway but many have from approach control failures.

This is an interesting discussion.

It's the first time I have encountered an aspect of aviation in which
pilots were discouraged from adapting themselves through education and
training to the design of the aircraft and the requirements of the
operation to be conducted

If I am ever on final approach without gear extended, I want someone to
announce that fact. I will make the decision whether or not to attempt
to extend the gear or to land the aircraft without gear extended. Only I
know which is the right choice at that moment. To suggest otherwise
seems to indicate that the pilot is to be treated as a perennial
student, and/or that students are being given a license before they are
adequately prepared.

I doubt that a lowest-common-denominator standard is representative of
British aviation in general, and I hope we never see it in the USA.


Jack