Your references to circling would be correct if they represented the lowest value for circling with adequate visual reference to the airport and the aircraft was 300' above the highest obstacle in the circling radius. Any operation of the aircraft below the published minima in anything other than a visual maneuver is careless and reckless operation. Your assertion that a circling approach is an instrument procedure is in defiance of airmanship as well as legislation.
Yeah, well, we know where these guys are getting their ideas!
You really don't get it Chris. Before I add you to my ignore list, it is
you who does not appear to understand the difference between VMC and Visual.
Jepp Terminal AU22/23 para 3.13 is quite explicit in it's description of visual circling, in particular my statement refers to
Note 2, descent below MDA. We will
occasionally need to use that by day, whenever we can't do an RNAV straight in, (as I had to do in Port recently when we got a RAIM warning part way through an RNAV approach and had to bug out and do an NDB + circle to 03). No problem, no hairy chest, FL510 and 40 deg sweepback needed.
Circling in 2.4k vis is
not VMC. Therefore it
must be IMC, is it not?. There is no "in between".
However one can still conduct
visual circling in 2.4k vis (non VMC). I never wrote that circling is an instrument procedure. That's your ill-informed interpretation, Chris. We
ALWAYS conform to the Jepp requirements.
Nevertheless, I'm quite satisfied with my standards of airmanship and level of compliance with the regs Chris. Thanks for passing judgement
Freddy Fudpucker: Don't bother with him. You can't put brains in a statue. that's why he's stuck in the states
Hoss: You're a funny bastard!
Sounds like the SY crew room will be a Kendell, Hazo and Eastern reunion. At least
somebody appreciates us. I bet I know who's going to be rostered to fly "Qantaslink Blue"
I just hope the logo is a picture of our (QL's) Dancing With The Stars entrant. A lovely young lady who would do the aircraft proud
See you, Chris!
To the rest of you, I apologise for the hijack.