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I agree 100% with your point. I bet the families of the G3 going to pick Bush Snr wished the very experienced crews had idented the ILS as they might have noticed the VOR was still tuned. They probably would not have crashed a few miles short of the runway.
On check rides I ask the crew what morse letters they have "just identified" for the approach. 80% of the time they have not got a clue, it is just a jumble of dots and dashes and they think that constitutes identifying the aid. Difficult to fail a guy who has flown beautifully but I sure as hell give them a b......ing at the de-brief.
It would help if authorities made the VOR and ILS idents on the field TOTALLY different. Not "ABC" for the VOR and "IABC" for the ILS!!