In the bad old days, NPAs were NOT aligned with the runway in most cases in Australia so the MDA was in fact the circling altitude.
Quite properly the wisdom of runway aligned approaches has been seen and most are now of that persuasion.
Clasic ones such as Kathmandu come to mind as high sink rates etc can make the literal following of the law difficult in some cases.
No one should argue against the benifits of a stable sink/profile on final approach to any runway, ILS or NPA but be aware of the legalities, senior pilots who only fly in good WX when it's all a non event are a hazzard in their own right.
Just think how it will sound at the Court of Enquiry and act accordingly.
