First I want to thank Capt Peacock and PPRuNe Towers for superb postings here - now and again in life one come's across pure nuggets of gold and these are two!
Second, it has just occurred to me, as a non-commercial pilot (y'all know this by now but I need you to realise I am not a professional pilot)!, that there surely should be a categorisation of airports/wx conditions for new pilots. Everyone has to start somewhere but, accepting the vagaries of ATC and accents and busy skies for a moment, if an approach has few natural obstacles/difficulties then surely it is on such approaches that a 200hr RH seat should be flying and building confidence in all wx.. and then after suitable time on type, attempt the trickier approaches wherever they may be ...surely it is a question of building up the coping mechanism so sending a "beginner" commercial pilot into a situation fraught with EVERYTHING difficult including terrain cannot be helpful!!
Or am I totally wrong??!!!
