Option 2. Should be adjusted to include not only 1500' but break off at circling minima. Although as you rightly put, at night, ca ok just keep it standard cct height k.I.s.s. ....
Nice post, go back and reread the circling minima thread and watch that continue for a million pages of misinformation. Hc aircraft with 180 pax onboard why risk stupidity... Or give it a chance to go wrong.
