Originally Posted by
Sprite
Stl must have some runway crowd issues! We were at touchdown and took off, very steep angle. Pilot said a plane crossed in front of us against instructions. Weather was great. It was late and we landed very quickly on second approach. I wonder if the go around plane is always the next plane to land. I would assume so.
No, following a wave off you'll be put back into the approach pattern. Only at the least busy of airports would a go around be next to land. At a busy hub, you'd likely re-enter the pattern behind several (4, 5 or more) upstream.
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