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Old 12th Jul 2013, 07:01
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Can you actually do a Visual Approach with confidence?

If you were cleared for a visual approach in CAVOK Wx would you accept?

Yes there are a few things you would consider, Traffic, Fatigue, familiarity, currency, briefed or not etc.. Anyway u could make a long list.

And every time you decline one your list will get longer and longer...

Until one day you as a Snr Cpt accepts one and has say a A/T problem and a cockpit gradient.. The outcome may not be as good as you would expect..

All I'm saying it is not only Korean Pilots as below that have this issue.
As SOP's grow to protect our lack of currency "incompetence" coupled with less all rounded experience in the flight deck. We may also be heading for trouble in CAVOK conditions..

Still some way off yet, though the trend is certainly heading that way.

Sorry got to go, and find ways to squeeze that training budget again.
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