7FF says:
"Keeping visual separation at both LA & SF airports with parallel runway operations with VFR and IFR traffic that have widely differing approach speeds is not a challenge I need after flying all night. I stand by what I said in that never declare visual to ATC, at least not until you are fully established on the ILS"
And I must agree with him. How many times I have looked and seen a conga line of aircraft on final for both the North and South complexes at LAX and then try to figure out WHICH 737 I'm following. Nothing wrong with a visual approach in that I have no problem getting down and aligned and all that. The danger of a visual approach to a busy airport is losing the seperation services that come with the full blown instrument approach.