That's the thing with research and proof-of-concepts. There is no guarrantee that it will move to production phase. What's happening here is what is called "go-minded" in aviation. Just that you are on approach, doesn't mean you're going to actually land. In fact, it's being trained that every approach leads into execution of a missed approach procedure at decision altitude/height UNLESS every parameter really indicates that it's safe to land. Very bad accidents have happend (and still continue to happen) because folks at the yoke/stick are "go-minded" and try to rescue an approach (or in this case, continue a project without broad backing of those affected). IMHO, the pilot monitoring (RIPE community) has called out "go around!" late (at decision altitude), but soon enough. To continue the analogy though, the aircrew in this case thought that
On 20/03/2013 10:21, Daniel Roesen wrote: the dangers were worth risking but still felt it worth while asking the airplane owners (some of who were on board) whether they wanted to take the risk of landing. The passengers and the folks on the ground were too busy shouting at each other for any sensible decision to be made. Nigel