Hot buoy, if you are doing any other approach with a FAF, I agree its a requirement to know where it is and to track over it. You just use a DME distance or a Marker or whatever to give you its position
relative to the MAPt.
Originally Posted by
hot_buoy
this does not equate with the REQUIREMENTS of the procedure design to track you from one waypoint to the next [this is what a GPS receiver does - from the manufacturer] whilst keeping you clear of terrain [what the procedure designer does].
OK, I new someone would bring this up. Whatever the manufacturer says, whatever the procedure designer wants, whatever the regulator requires, whatever the tea lady prefers....etc etc.
I'll keep it simple...As a pilot of a multi-crew RPT aircraft, regularly conducting GPS NPAs into various airports, in various weather conditions day and night...
In my opinion, they are dangerous - they need to be fixed now.
I don't give a flying f#$% what it takes, just fix it now.
Not later, now.
