I believe that banning circle-to-land from aviation is unrealistic an economically unfeasible. In the airline I work for we fly these approaches a few times (maybe 5 or 6) a year and despite being very demanding they work very well. The problem is that you must stick to the procedures, maintain yourself inside the safety area and ALWAYS keep the runway in sight. Looking for a 10 nm final on a circling approach is bizarre! A normal downwing leg is never more than 25-30 seconds... Unfortunately our egos sometimes don't let us take the right decisions... GO AROUND!!!
PS: problem 2: if some pilots don't know how to circle properly, how can they know the correct go around procedure?
