In Oz there is no such thing as the approach ban. You can do approaches until the cows come home no matter how bad the weather.
The first I heard of the approach ban was when I started working for a UK regional since the company ops manual had to conform to it. An oral about operational things as part of the flight test would most likely have highlighted this deficit in my knowledge. Certainly the ATPL law exam & IR test didn't. Similarly my surprise after learning from PPRuNe about non-IR pilots flying IFR in 'G' & also not being able to do approaches unless ATC or a FISO is on duty.
Last edited by Tinstaafl; 19th February 2005 at 14:51.