Originally Posted by
Genisis Dreaming
My thinking would be it would prove better for the pilot to hear a level and then automatically look at their altimeter for a reference.
With the outfit I fly for, we set the decision height for the approach manually at top of descent and this is done usually after hearing the ATIS. I personally feel better prepared mentally for the approach, knowing how high the cloud base is above the DH and will include this in my approach brief as well.