Originally posted by 3WE
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But fuel conservation methods include minimizing flight time at low altitude and delaying flaps, both of which can be done (but should never be done) by remaining 'hot and high' and then coming down steep at flight idle, arresting with speed brakes and getting out landing flaps and gear as late as possible. But this is the definition of an unstable approach.
Besides the danger this poses to life and limb (and airframe), such technique also elevates the odds of a missed approach. According to one Boeing article I recall, go-arounds can use between 2 and 28 times more fuel than a stable, by-the-book approach, so only over-confident, high rolling cowboys would ever choose this technique.
Considering the pressure PIA was allegedly placing on CI, a go-around would tend to be resisted until the last minute, or resisted altogether.
Homicidal culture.
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