Originally Posted by Coldbear
I know you can look out the window and that is exactly what I'm beeing taught at the moment. the thing is when you brief for an instrument approach ex. and VOR/DME approach you got your crossing altitudes at specific DME's. Like should we be at XXXX feet at YYY DME or at YYY DME be at XXXX feet. what should we "chase"?
I'm not sure that I am understanding...
However, the DME station is fixed so the only thing you can 'chase' is the altitude (or reverse a bit).
Overall, I would probably suggest that you try to understand the trend of the aircraft (shallow/steep) and modify that based on the DME check distances. Little high at 12d, tweak the descent rate, check it at 11d.
Am I getting it????