Originally Posted by
Dark Knight
Circling approaches in modern day jet aircraft should have been binned years ago.
I disagree.
theres nothing inherently dangerous with a circling approach. Like anything, it’s the inability of the crew that makes
any manoeuvre dangerous. Why the inability? Lack of training/currency/practice etc.
A jet crew crashed on a visual approach (777 SFO). Should we ban visual approaches in modern day jets too?
this in my opinion is the real cause for that Pakistani crash linked in the first post:
Aircrew Captain not only clearly violated the prescribed procedures for circling approach but also did not at all adhere to FCOM procedures of displaying reaction / response to timely and continuous terrain and pull up warnings (21 times in 70 seconds) – despite these very loud, continuous and executive commands, the Captain failed to register the urgency of the situation and did not respond in kind (break off / pull off).
those actions would have resulted in a crash, regardless of the type of approach.