For you experts out there (and the ATSB), the stabilised approach critieria of 300ft would probably be to facilitate Visual Circling at 400ft.
The root cause, revealed by the FO but not taken up in the investigation after that, was the base turn at 10-15 sec. That will never work, regardless of what height you're at.
Skippers seemed quite active after re education...
Last edited by Capn Bloggs; 6th Dec 2013 at 14:54.
Reason: Read the full report and found the hole. Pity it wasn't mentioned in the executive summary!