Originally Posted by
excrab
Strangely enough, in all of the times I have flown into VNKT none of the F/Os, ranging from 300 hour cadets to 10000 hr ex turboprop captains, have expressed any regret at not being allowed to fly a steep NPA, with a tailwind, at night, to an upsloping runway in a black hole surrounded by 15000 ft mountains. There are plenty of other difficult places on the network that they can fly to if they feel a need to prove themselves.
The RNP AR Rwy 02 tames the approach substantially.