One of the rare times I flew on Jetstar we had a Chinese pilot that in full daylight and perfect clear blue skies and no wind had to fly a go around at the full length Christchurch airport because he couldn't land on the first approach :eek2:....I guess he hadn't done the Christchurch approach in his simulator training.[/QUOTE]
A bit harsh, the fact the he erred on the side of safety and went around is to be commended. It could have occurred because, the preceding aircraft was tardy in vacating the runway, birds crossing in front or one of many other environmental hazards that pilots are faced with.