Originally Posted by
chimbu warrior
..It is unfortunate that the profile view of the procedure suggests that the descent from the MDA to the touchdown zone is coincident with the 3 degree path. It is not. If the aircraft descended on a 3 degree path from the MAP, it would very likely land short.
Huh, I don't see any such suggestion in the way the diagram is drawn...seems blatantly obvious that 3 degrees gets you from the FAF to the MAPt and nowhere else (as you correctly point out).