Narrative:

The published missed approach is a left turn. We had previously asked approach if we could plan on that. They said if we went missed; tower would assign a heading. We did not break out and started the missed approach. I was pilot flying; and after hitting toga and calling for flaps 15; landing gear up; my flight director guidance went away. Not sure what happened there. I was distracted by that and tower gave us a right turn heading. The first officer (first officer) acknowledged it. I did not hear it and was trying to get my guidance back. It came back and; of course; directed a left turn. The first officer did not state clearly enough that a turn had been given; and the tower said we needed to turn right. I directed the first officer to dial in the turn and hit heading select. The controller then was too impatient with that correction and gave us a turn back left. We eventually leveled off at 3000' and contacted departure. I believe tower should have given us a heads up that a right turn was going to be our amended missed approach upon check-in. Also; the first officer could have been more direct when it was obvious I had missed the call. On a side note; approach tried to hurry us in on the approach to start (maintain 210 knots while base leg to final at eight miles!) with weather right at mins at 3000 RVR. The crew behind us overshot final trying that; and approach questioned them! Overall; when weather is at minimums; let's slow down the operation a bit and give crews time to be stable. Also; tower needs to advise aircrews that there will be amended missed approach instructions if the turn occurs below 1000'. Slow down and keep crews aware! We executed a second unsuccessful approach; and the crew in front of us were slightly harassed for not turning right quicker on their missed approach. ZZZ is yellow on a clear day. Tell them not to put crews in the red on a very marginal visibility day.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew reported ATC assigned a late missed approach heading that was opposite to the published turn direction. The crew was slow to react initially and ATC then assigned a turn reversal.

Narrative: The published missed approach is a left turn. We had previously asked Approach if we could plan on that. They said if we went missed; Tower would assign a heading. We did not break out and started the missed approach. I was Pilot Flying; and after hitting TOGA and calling for flaps 15; landing gear up; my Flight Director guidance went away. Not sure what happened there. I was distracted by that and Tower gave us a right turn heading. The First Officer (FO) acknowledged it. I did not hear it and was trying to get my guidance back. It came back and; of course; directed a left turn. The FO did not state clearly enough that a turn had been given; and the Tower said we needed to turn right. I directed the FO to dial in the turn and hit Heading Select. The Controller then was too impatient with that correction and gave us a turn back left. We eventually leveled off at 3000' and contacted Departure. I believe Tower should have given us a heads up that a right turn was going to be our amended missed approach upon check-in. Also; the FO could have been more direct when it was obvious I had missed the call. On a side note; Approach tried to hurry us in on the approach to start (maintain 210 knots while base leg to final at eight miles!) with weather right at mins at 3000 RVR. The Crew behind us overshot final trying that; and Approach questioned them! Overall; when weather is at minimums; let's slow down the operation a bit and give Crews time to be stable. Also; Tower needs to advise Aircrews that there will be amended missed approach instructions if the turn occurs below 1000'. Slow down and keep Crews aware! We executed a second unsuccessful approach; and the Crew in front of us were slightly harassed for not turning right quicker on their missed approach. ZZZ is Yellow on a clear day. Tell them not to put Crews in the Red on a very marginal visibility day.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.