Asiana flight crash at San Francisco

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For those that are failing to understand,

Yes, commercial pilots should be capable of flying visual approaches.

Having a precision approach available adds one more slice to the Swiss cheese, helping to prevent an accident.

Had this a/c been flying a bog standard ILS, this accident probably wouldn't have happened.

If you are interested in having the safest possible airports, you supply the best possible type of approach all the time.

Much has been made of the national culture of the aircraft operators. IMVHO the national culture of the airport operators is just as big a factor. Visual approaches in heavy jets, LAHSO, Canarsie approaches. All significantly reduce safety. If somebody suggested switching off the ILS's at LHR they'd be laughed out the room.

The yanks are quick to blame pilots of a different culture, but if they had safety as a priority they'd want all pilots to have all the aids possible to be available to them.

Europeans think the Yanks are cowboys, the Yanks think Europeans are over cautious, god knows what the rest of the world thinks about both those groups.

If you don't take measures to accommodate these different cultures these accidents will continue to happen.

Edit to add, this is not meant to be a dig at American aviation, just an attempt to point out that each part of the world is 'different' when viewed from somewhere else.