Because we were flying a visual approach and not a precision approach, this also caused me to question
if I was lined up on 28R. We confirmed that we were lined up with 28R,cross checking it with the LNAV on final.
I'm surprised by this. From what has been reported it would seem AC & Delta were flying a visual, slightly offset, at night to a runway which had an ILS transmitting, yet neither had the ILS tuned. Why would anyone not avail themselves of all the help they could, especially under these conditions? It's a combination of airmanship & SOP's. In my EU airlines it was SOP to tune all aids even if a visual was expected. Why would you not do so? You may not be flying down the ILS for the whole of finals, but you will for sure end up 'in the slot' below 1000'. Every little helps.