Worth considering a check in POH about prolonged slips when fuel tanks are less than ¼ full. This is certainly true of my low wing PA23.
Stabilised approaches tend to lead to stable landings – no issues about throwing a landing away if you are staring at 4 whites but the trick is to use one’s superior judgement to avoid using one’s superior skills etc
My colleague at work used to drive 737’s for BMI and recalls as a very green FO – he ended up with a hot and high approach at Glasgow: quite properly instigated a missed approach but had the obligatory tea and biscuits talk afterwards (see judgement/skills ratio above)
Last edited by UL730; 23rd July 2012 at 09:15.