Originally Posted by
allaru
Lastly ATC needs to bear in mind that the pilots may not have been in or out of SFO recently so tear-assing around flying visuals at night might be ok for US carriers that go there all the time but is probably not appropriate for an international carrier.
As said numerous times already:
The only difference between these visual approaches and instrument approaches is the requirement for the following aircraft to keep the preceding aircraft in sight. That is it. Everything else is the same. Altitude, speed and vectors to the final approach course are the same as for the ILS, and every US carrier requires the use of an ILS for guidance when available. This is not some hot-dogging around the pattern.