Originally Posted by
PukinDog
Also, in FAA-land even while on an instrument flight plan including the instrument approach, in Visual Meteorological Conditions the crew is still responsible for maintaining a visual watch to see and avoid other aircraft.
I'm not sure that is strictly true. At least in Canada, ATC provides separation between IFR aircraft regardless of IMC/VMC. The visual watch is for VFR aircraft and there wouldn't be any in class B (SFO must be class B right?). This SFO parallel approach thing is a special requirement.
Does Lufthansa not normally arrive at night in SFO? This can't be the first time this has come up. It sounds like someone must have misunderstood the restriction. Or maybe it is something like not allowing the "maintain visual sep." with any cloud below 1000'.