OzExpat- Thankfully, I'm pretty sure (or maybe just hopefull) our fleet captain is open to a discussion on the procedure. I'm just not really for it (the level flight segment) because not only would it cause more noise/fuel burn it doesn't appear to have a GOOD enough reason- or maybe I'm just not seeing it.... Till then no doubt its the SOP all the way to the Glideslope intercept.
keithl
"The Flight Manual for that also said the GP could be intercepted from above or below. On investigation it turned out that all the manufacturer meant was that the equipment was capable of intercepting a glidepath signal from above or below, not that it was recommended practice."-- Fair enough. Agree with you on that. How about intercepting the Glide AT the Glide
And although the advice above about "you'll know if you are on a false GP by Rate of Descent, Ht vs range, etc" is correct, it is better to avoid the false GP than having to recover from one. For this reason we use a short level segment.- Like I mentioned before keithl- you can't intercept a false glide till you are very high on the approach... so you'd already know/expect a false glide well before you came to the point of glideslope intercept. Again IMHO
