How to safely accomplish a visual approach in a jet airliner
Well, perhaps its time to discuss how to make a visual approach in a jet airliner, built anytime after 1958.
Lets set the ground rules first:
1. VMC (visual meteorological conditions) exist.
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2. The airport is in sight, or in the case of a charted visual procedure, predominate landmarks are in sight.
3. Your aircraft and you, the pilot, are operating normally.
4. Day conditions should be addressed differently than night conditions.
5. Go Around procedures are not to be covered except for using term: go around if needed.
6. Assume that the plane and pilot are capable of landing at the airport in question. (runway length, load bearing etc)
7. Offer both pure visual advice, or modified electronic (basic only...as in ATC RADAR, Ground Mapping feature of WX Radar,rVOR, DME, NDB, PAPI, not RNAV, GPS, or dropping a cat).
8. Assume basic flight instruments including airspeed, vertical speed, compass(dg etc) clock with second hand.
9. Assume a clean windshield>
you may or may not add wx/rain etc advice, but assume basically good wx.