Pace, were you always a rebel?
Yes but a kind one
My writing style in these forums is to challenge to encourage discussion if they come over as rebellious is that a bad thing? Maybe those views are not as rigid as they appear and my views as in the Cirrus chute pulls which started rigid can be changed too
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4857962.stm
Yes you are right ! How the Captain ever lived that one down? to start an approach maybe but to ignore visual clues getting lower to a landing is mind boggling. At some point able to go around he must have surely realised the mistake?
I have never done it but a couple of times seen another airfield and had to think twice! it is especially likely after descending through cloud for a cloud break and visual approach and a transition from flying instruments to visual! The mind plays tricks.
Especially important to not take things you see for granted but to double check everything you think you see is what you really see
Pace