Originally Posted by
Sidestick_n_Rudder
Technically both A and B are correct.
A may be "correct", whatever that means, but it's pretty suboptimal. The proposed 3.5 degree descent angle won't work in the described scenario, it would take a 3.77 degree descent angle to descend to the airport, considerably more to "catch the proper vertical path". For reference, a 3.77 degree descent angle is steeper than would be normally permitted for approach design for Cat D and E by the US TERPS and right at the limit for Category C.