Belgique
Three ponts. Your point a). is incorrect. You are required to maintain not lower than MDA until you intercept the normal approach PATH (3 degrees). Extend your 3degree slope back through your intended flight path and where they intercept is your descent point. Following your procedure an MDA of 1000' would give give you a required final of approximately 3miles. Way outside the circling visibility and area.
Your point b). according to ICAO doc 8168 Vol 1 fourth edition. ".........The Visual Manoeuvring area is "determined by drawing arcs centred on each runway threshold and joining those arcs with tangent lines....." No reference to ARP.
Your point c) is seemingly corrected later in your text. I would point out Jep ATC 4.1 pg 219 Flight Procedures (Doc 8168) ..........it is expected that the pilot will make an initial climbing turn towards the landing runway............
I could cite for you several areas where a "short turn" to the missed app heading will plant you on top of a hill. There should be no significant obstacles between you and the runway because up to the time that you decided to make the missed app you could see the runway (couldn't you). Ergo the safest way is to get you sh..t together as you head to the least threatening area.
GG
Last edited by grange.guzzler; 20th Apr 2002 at 23:54.