In many parts of Europe can see the ground descend visually can mean into a valley with mountains 7000 feet high around you! Not the best place to be.
Over the S uk not so risky!
My biggest gripe with the EIR is using weather actuals and TAFS for an airport which is not weather for the intersection point you leave CAS.
It's not a big problem if your heading to a fairly sleepy airport with few IFR arrivals.
I am sure ATC would be happy for you to fly a straight line at the MDA to their overhead where you know wha the weather is likely to be.
You can then descend to circuit bight and land.
Not so the case into a major airport where you would cause a few controller heart attacks.
In most cases the EIR will work but a plan be option had to be formulated in case it doesn't work.
Also to those who say ATC will descend you on radar many airports in Europe have no radar and have pilot interpretated approaches.
As previously posted my only other gripe is enroute.
You maybe happy as Larry at 10 K in the blue with all the airfields below giving 300 overcast RVR 700 meters!
No problems then no problems but a problem and big problems!
Pace
Last edited by Pace; 27th September 2011 at 17:56.