Originally Posted by 411a
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If not then you should be doing all you can to change your airline's SOPs.
Negative, for one very important reason....we circle to land on a regular basis, so dive/drive keeps our guys in practise.
It would appear with this accident, that the crew was woefully unprepared for that 'stabilized approach' that seems to be favored so much, these days.
Considering this...dive/drive might actually be safer.
Shock, horror.
Whilst I agree with many things you say 411a I have to say that this really is Jurassic
Or maybe even Pre Cambrian!!!
A stabilised approach to MDA is far more sensible than dunk slam technique - and even for a circle to land that's what we fly to MAP - if visual fly the circuit but only taking landing flap when lining up with the runway (330/340 SOP).. I for one don't really wish to be dragging 240 tonnes of 340 at maybe 400'AGL for a couple of miles - just not sane
