Kenny Keller (YouTube) argues that go-arounds are an essential, under-practiced safety maneuver that should be routinely trained and normalized. He recommends instructors have students perform go-arounds frequently (ideally at least once per lesson) to build muscle memory, gives a short in-flight demonstration and radio-call example, and urges pilots to choose a go-around rather than continuing a sloppy approach.
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"Warsaw traffic helicopter one Mike Bravos going around for one eight Warsaw."
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Welcome back to our videos. 30 days of 30 checkride tips. Tricks, things we've seen that went good, some things people needed extra help on. And one I could tell you from doing checkrides over the last 30 months with somebody stepped on you. This is 806 Airpop. We're on about a five mile final. Never mind. I see you on the taxway. People from around the country, I am confirming what I've been observing for the last 27 years of teaching. I don't think in general instructors are teaching go arounds enough and some probably are. But when I interview people from around the country I'm like well how often does your instructor have you go around? And a lot of times sometimes they'll say well almost never. And I'm like if you're never going around that's probably a bad thing, right? A go around should be ingrained in the beginning. And when I'm flying with people I like to see them if you're doing an hour lesson I hope to see them go around at least once every lesson. If something isn't set up right and it's just good to get that ingrained because then that way you're just ready to do it. If something's not set up quite right, you just go around and do it again, no big deal. But people don't want to do it. And I, when I'm evaluating somebody who's coming here from across the country, I really want to get them finished up and the first time they kind of mess up an approach, I'm, I don't say it. I'm over there hoping, I hope this person goes around. I hope this person goes around and when they do I'm really happy. And make a radio call real quick. Warsaw Traffic Helicopter 1 Mike Bravo right base turning final 418 Warsaw. So when they say they're going to go around, I go, I big shy shot, big side release and I'll go, thank you, thank you for going around thinking for not making me make you go around. I like to see that. And again we're finishing ratings so I really kind of hate to see that that somebody hasn't had go arounds ingrained. So here, look, I overshot for 1 8. I should be down 300 AGL, which I am almost but my speed's a little fast and I'm not lined up and I'm out of trim. So this would be a sloppy setup if I just tried flying this down. So what do I do? Go around. It's this easy. I didn't have it set up nice. If I try to continue it down, it's going to be sloppy. So I'm just gonna increase my speed and I'm gonna make a radio call. The main thing, and here's the simple radio call Warsaw traffic helicopter one Mike Bravos going around for one eight Warsaw. Then you just build your speed up, continue on the pattern and you go around, set up again. So it's such a simple maneuver. And I've done this video a thousand times. And our editor says, well you've done that video before. And I'm like this and others. And I'm like, well, some of these messages have to be told over and over and over again. Try to help people make better decisions. And I'm just giving you my, what I see. In general, people aren't ready to go around like they should. There's no shame in it. And I do believe it's, it's kind of a macho thing. It's kind of like, well, I can do it, you know, I can make it. I, I don't know, you know. Never give up. I also believe in never giving up. But when you're setting up approaches, if it's not good, just go around. And that goes for any kind of approach. Our examiner for last 25 years tells people today on the checkride, if it takes you 10 minutes, get set up for straight in auto. Take 10 minutes, get set up for a straight in auto. If it's not, if it's not good, you're not liking it, you're not feeling it, just go on around and set it up again. Don't enter it sloppy and then try to, you know, recover halfway through and expect to get away with that. If it's sloppy, go around, set it up again. Okay, well, subscribe the channel, click the bell, leave us some comment down below. We've had a lot of great feedback. A lot of these tips are just little simple things. But guess what? That's what training is about, right? It's going out and doing things and doing things repeatedly over and over and over. So everything becomes muscle memory. And that's why working in go arounds I think should happen at least probably once every lesson. I had one guy, one check ready. We did, we got him done, but we spent an hour and he went around multiple times until the photographer in the back got sick. And we, she didn't actually throw up, but she was close. We had to land because he, it was going around, going around, going around. But I, I didn't, I'm like it's not right. Go around. So anyway, click that button, subscribe and we'll see you next video. Peace out. When you feel the pressure to fly, but know the right decision is to stay on the ground, hit the hogs no go and live to fly another day. Helicopterground.com.
