Originally Posted by
Retired DC9 driver
Air Canada procedure is (or was when I flew the A320) to descend to FAF crossing altitude. Once you have ALT capture select FPA at zero. .3 nm before the FAF select desired FPA value in the window. If you crossed the FAF a little high, you can increase the FPA.
And would the MDA be treated as a DA… i.e., no level off, no loitering... just bounce the airplane off of the minimum altitude and fly the missed if the required visual references were not available?