Originally Posted by
TeeS
...What I can’t understand, and what to me is unforgivable, is that 18 years later, the Authorities have still not insisted that the ONLY acceptable method for general aviation helicopters (including SAR helicopters flying to/from regular use sites) to descend below MSA from IMC is via a properly designed and published instrument/PinS procedure.
Well yeah. And also. It's very naughty (i.e. illegal) on an ILS approach not having the landing runway threshold in sight at the DH yet continue flying straight and level at 200' until you eventually see the runway and land. But it's seemingly OK to basically do that at night when stooging around the boonies at 200' when not on any IMC procedure and you can't even see 200' ahead of you. I kinda have a bit of difficulty trying to rationalize that.