Stable approach criteria a cost saving measure? Sorry but that is fundamentally wrong. SAC is about trying to avoid runway overruns which seem to be a particular cause of hull losses in recent years. Both Boeing and Airbus advocate an SAC policy for this very reason. The point about short wet runways is well made but it misses the point, an SAC will not in itself prevent a pilot doing something stupid but it sure as heck helps. Ignoring it because, there is a long runway or any other reason you care to think of, to justify ignoring a manufacturers recommendation on a nice day with all systems working is just poor thinking. We are not there to show just how slick we can be, we are there to deliver our passengers to where they want to be AS SAFELY AS IS POSSIBLE. ALL COMMERCIAL and personal reasons are subservient to that tenet, as any lawyer will tell you. The last place you want to be learning that lesson is in court.
Last edited by Juan Tugoh; 9th Sep 2013 at 14:57.