Why do we accept visual approaches, anyway?
Hello fellow pilots,
As demonstrated above, it is possible to line up on highways, other airfields, and taxiways when attempting a visual approach.
Why do we accept a visual approach when on an instrument flight plan, in a CAT3 aircraft, in controlled airspace?
In the US, it reduces the controller's workload becuase he/she does not have to call VFR traffic, provide a/c seperation, or make a proper turn on.
BTW, my new briefing item is "don't let me make a night visual approach." I have had a few exciting ones, setting up the automation agree with a non-standard set-up going into a black hole.
Why don't we just insist on an intrument approach each time?
I am heading that way.
R