Originally Posted by
Check Airman
Whose fault was that? Perhaps next time, they'll book a trip on an airline that can operate 24/7.
LH can operate 24/7 and I would bet that all the inbounds to KSFO that night had filed IFR flight plans. It seems to be KSFO that cannot operate 24/7 unless they reduce safety margins.
If an airport cannot accept IFR ILS approaches because they are too busy, then they are
too busy !, and something needs to change. Decreasing safety margins at night just to get a large volume of aircraft in, strikes me as a very risky step.