Quote from earlier:
I'm not looking for cause...I'm looking at whether or not an aircraft in that Height Category should EVER (at night) have been allowed to use either instrument approach?!?
Had there been some note in either approach procedure, in conjunction with the notes on BOTH that specify that the VGSI must be operative in order to fly the procedures at night, OR in the AFD stating that the mandatory lights were not compliant with aircraft larger than height cat 3
Maybe this should be in a different thread, because I'm not questioning the final vertical path of UPS 1354. So here is the same concern asked another way:
Is the LOC 18 or RNAV 18 AS PUBLISHED RIGHT NOW legal for a A-300 or B-747 to fly or be cleared to fly under IFR at night, given the fact the VGSIs are required to be operative (yet aren't compliant for that size aircraft)?
refer to my first post if you haven't seen the vgsi specification table based on aircraft height category