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Old 27th Aug 2010, 14:57
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LeadSled
 
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Due to low cloud, poor visibilty (sic) and prevailing wind you will have to carry out a coupled ILS approach as per compnay (sic) ops manual on arrival.
CLX,
Why the requirement for a coupled approach? This implies Low Weather Minima procedures, with DH below 200' agl, which you probably don't mean ??

Or did some dumbo write this in a manual to feel good??

Having high intensity lighting available does not imply they have to be on max. brightness, and if it was at night, max. brightness can be a real problem on short final.

This is where the US system is great, but we seem to always go for second best here (a bit like the ADS-B proposals). Come to think of it, 1.2 km some places I fly would be regarded by the locals as almost visual approach viz.

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