For a major airport like SFO to take away the ILS and the PAPI at the same time is questionable to say the least.
Fact is that SFO took away the ILS, but Asiana took away the PAPI.
So what now, no approaches to non-ILS runways? Sorry Arfur, I still think a professional aviator should not put the aircraft and crew at higher risk when flying a visual maneuver in severe clear.
Enough is enough, the system is broken when professional pilots can not fly such a maneuver. What if the next Asiana accident is exactly the same, but from a coupled ILS approach where there is an AP malfunction?
This was one of the many "canary in the coal-mine" accidents that are trying to shake our industry into fixing the problem. Even though there was a tragic loss of life, I am afraid it has not been enough of a slap in the face to the industry
