Yes, looking out of the windoe is always the best option. If you see something. Going into CFU at night and doing the circling RWY 17 in marginal weather with rain, having previously typed in the circling track is of really great help. Since interestingly at the charter destinations most of the patterns are RH, (TFS ACE FUE LPA RHO HER..) especially at night over the water itīs a nice tool when LH is PF on the visual.
If it takes the whole descent to typ in three bearing/distances, then the problem might have some other reasens.