The 1000ft circuit was sop....everything from dc9 through to dc10 and 747...
Company policy at the worst base in Europe.
Lee of the alps in foehn conditions...terrain on all sides...noise restrictions...fog...snow...freezing rain...basically one way in and one way out.
Then we could talk about the round the rock approach in Gib when the spics had a warship and threatened to shoot us down....flying through the rotor with a final turn inside the ship and a line of buoys marking the limit of British waters...From the wrong seat of course...captains only.
And look what happens to the poor guys with a fire who take too long to get on the ground because they can only fly sop....and the poor guy who didn't know where his oxygen bottle was..
Never agreed with the 365 kts but it is what can be done if you are good enough.
As to the hard landing debate if you are not stabilised by 1000ft...rubbish
...unless you can't land heavy metal by eyeball alone....now that would be an interesting survey...
