Originally Posted by
sonicbum
Hi miguel,
it is perfectly normal that Your operator wants You to fly a constant descent to Your FAF and the procedure thereafter. In the vast majority of circumstances You will fly NPAs "ILS alike", meaning with FINAL APP guidance. In those other situations where NAV-FPA or TRK-FPA is required, You will also need to fly an early stabilised approach, meaning that You will need to be fully configured by the FAF. The combination of selected vertical guidance and the aircraft configuration "usually" suggests to have a small level segment, but of course it is not mandatory as per Your Operator policies. In that case, as mentioned by another poster, it is basically up to you on when You will switch to TRK/FPA guidance as long as You're ready to "pull" by the .3 NM.
There is absolutely no requirement from Airbus to fly an early stabilized approach for those approaches. It's only recommendation
