bubbers 44 & Rainboe,
Agreed completely, that is how it should be done, BUT I have flown with guys, who on a Cavok day (with the R/W on their side) elected to fly visual circuits using circle-to-land type timings, and , ignoring all the info available out the window, screwed up the turn onto the centreline and got too high, whilst dicking around with the automatics.
Some of these wonderful aviators now find themselves not only as Capt's, but in some cases in the lofty role of LTC or even TRI.
Go figure
Oh, but their "double-briefings" were word perfect, shame about what was unfolding outside the window though, it didn't seem to feature highly enough in their priorities.
"Flying by numbers" doesn't come close. . . . .
