Originally Posted by
Tinstaafl
Most of the a/c I fly have 2 x GPS or a GPS that has an additional cursor-on-map function with a display of distance & bearing to the cursor position. I either set the 2nd GPS to fly direct to the Mapt or threshold, or I activate the cursor & position it over the same point - which also gives me a distance display unrelated to the other fixes in the procedure.
That would be a work-around. You can't simply ignore SOPs. Remember the letter that CASA sent us... "pilots shall not operate outside of approved procedures..etc etc." incidentally going on to practically blame the pilots for the last two bad Australian CFIT accidents.
Maybe I am ignorant of all the technical issues in fixing this hazard, but that doesn't stop me from simply stating my opinion about how I find them in the real world, two crew, EFIS, automated, RPT cockpit.
Dodgy to say the least.