A rose by any other name is still a rose....Bill Shakespeare.
Well, here we go...while the FAA has a FAF, FAP, and a PFAF, a "precise FAF,", do you see PFAF on a chart? Hell, at one time there was an FEP! GP intrcpt, given baro VNAV, which GP are you intercepting at a fix?
When there is no FAF, it is a FAP??! When in doubt "look to the box, look to the box..."
I can call it MFAF, ZFAF, LCHANCE, UR5NMFRMT, Uneed2BonFinalGP, whatever I want on the chart...... guess, what, bottom line, ARINC 424 code in the box understands FAF on a waypoint.
I really dont care what you call it, ICAO, FAA, precision, nonprecision, whatever....
ARINC 424: Fix Function in Coding: F = FAF, M = Missed Approach Fix
F=FAF.... this designates the beginning of the final approach segment.
go ahead, fight it, call it whatever you want...do you really want me to go into all of the other coding and sequencing in the aircraft FMS that is related to a FAF designation? (ie, what is the ROC required at FAP?)
Last edited by underfire; 15th Feb 2017 at 01:23.