This is why, when I'm at work I like hearing those 3 magic words from pilots - "Request visual approach"
BMI Baby crews used to do it quite often in the evenings as soon as they became number 1 in sequence. I hear a few Atlantic Airlines pilots do it but not many others at all (bar the flying school of course) which is a shame as the RYR cadets spend a week here just flying visual circuits all day in a B738 but I havent once heard a scheduled RYR flight go visual, only ever remaining on the RADAR vectors.
Do you work at a airport with terrain significantly higher than the airport within the terminal area, say within 30 miles? If so, some companies don't want their crews doing visuals at night at such airports.