Refreshingly plain plane column

"Stella Starr" wrote in message
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It's about being in a commercial airliner when they abort a landing. Had
it happen once, and as we powered up for the go-around at DFW my reaction
was "Hmph. How 'bout that."
Didn't realize some folks might freak at such an incident.

http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/...skthepilot293/

"In fact, go-arounds are fairly common and seldom the result of anything
dangerous..."

In general, a good general-consumer column without too much jargon. IMHO
it's a good idea now and then to mention an aviation subject in an
educational article free from sensationalism or disaster references.

The funny part was the crew blamed it on ATC, as usual.

One of the more amusing happenings on the radio I heard about went something
like this:

The south approach into DAL is a bit hairy due to the routing necessary to
avoid the DFW traffic. The captain of a 737 (United I believe) was a bit
perturbed with the approach he was given. He noted on frequency, "You guys
should get the controllers over at Denver to show you how to control
traffic." To which the controller fired back, "You guys at United should
get Southwest to show you how to fly a 737."