411A - as always a well informed post from you, you numpty.
Tail wagging dog???
Or tail protecting idiots making approaches........
Before this legislation came in I watched a 'N' registered aircraft approach in 100M RVR on a CAT 1 Loc/DME only to a runway with no centreline markings.
Unfortunately the lights he saw were the edge lights on the grass which he straddled perfectly until he stopped. (Thank heavens he was in a British
built biz jet so he didn't lose his undercarriage whilst transversing 5 taxiways at 90 degrees!)
Spot the turkey.
(These are published absolute minimas now defined by the aerodrome authority as part of its operating licence - not actually defined or determined by the controller)
ATCOJ30:
Yes - I appreciate what you are saying as regarding the confusion. I told a (foreign) pilot just yesterday it was below the absolute minima after electing to make an approach. He simply accepted it and diverted. I know not of any pilot who insisted they should make an approach below minimas. Having said all that, it is annoying that we have to make the legal transmission if needed.
B-L