"Can I continue the Approach?"
You can do what you like. Whether or not you will continue in employment with your Company or the CAA will allow you to exercise the priveledges of your licence any more is another matter. At the very least it's tea (probably without biccies) and a "chat" with the CP.
However ............
From JAR-OPS 1.405 Commencement and continuation of the approach.
(a) The commander or the pilot to whom
conduct of the flight has been delegated may
commence an instrument approach regardless of the
reported RVR/Visibility but the approach shall not
be continued beyond the outer marker, or equivalent
position, if the reported RVR/visibility is less than
the applicable minima. (See IEM OPS 1.405(a).)
So what's the applicable minima? You are not flying an ILS to land, you are using the ILS to position yourself to circle so does the approach ban apply? I cannot find any reference in the JAR's to say it does or does not.
I can see the arguement that continuing below 1,000 agl/OM/4D is "OK" because I'm going to level at 600' to Circle - NOT to continue the ILS with the restrictive RVR. However it's almost one for the lawyers now and interpretation of words.
Perhaps the best description of the interpretation (I'm NOT doing an ILS, I'm going to Circle) is "not in the spirit intended" by the writer of the regulations.
Still looking for the definative.
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