I would agree with PP most real world ILS's for commercial a/c tend to vector you in to 8-12 miles you do somtimes get 20-25 mile final but that is on a busy traffic day so you would not get a visual anyway.
A visual will only save you time from a full procedure, radar vector will generally bring you on to final in a more efficient manner ie. you dont have to fly over the beacon so you save time/miles there.
lets stop beating up on the 200hrs guys we ALL havd 200hrs at some point if they have a current lic and TR then thay can fly I can tell you there are some captains with over 10,000 hrs who b**ls up approches.