1) For the approach you should have raw data for the approach type displayed. In our company it depends on the TRE as to weather the needles in ARC mode is sufficient. I use the ARC mode and needles, and take the de-brief if necessary.
Interestingly, if your company audits the approach and charts in a particular way, you don't even need the nav aid to comence the approach. So you could do a VOR approach with the VOR unserviceable. Which makes sense, as in a GPS aircraft it doesn't actually use the VOR to fly the approach. LIM 22 - 10 - Use of NAV mode for approach
2) are you saying your not allowed to correct the set FPA during the decent? If so, that's crazy!
3) this is the same as other aircraft. In the B757, before managed approaches, we used to start the decent .5 of a mile before the decent point.
4) this ones Airbus I'm afraid. Apparently the aircraft was not certified with the tables out. So they have to be stowed.
Last edited by Jonty; 14th Oct 2015 at 08:33.
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