Originally Posted by aterpster
Are you saying that deliberately busting minimums on NPAs is the only reason they are less safe than a precision or other type of vertically-guided approach?
Not at all, the widespread availability of precision approaches have greatly improved overall safety in the past 20 years. However if you look at the pattern of non-precision approach accidents, a disturbingly high proportion happen due to going below minimums, inadvertantly or deliberately. Rule #1 when doing a NP approach - know when to abandon it.