411A,
Mate, I promise you that I can fly at MDA + 50 - 0 (and don't give me any of that "I can maintain an altitude to within 10 feet" rubbish - you bloody well CANNOT and you know it!) with one-engine inoperative and without falling into a slanging match about our respective country's standards I'm sure you'll find that if I can pass an Australian Multi-Engine Command Instrument Rating test AND a base-check with my airline I can pass an FAA equivalent - it's what I get paid to do.
My point though is: why dive and drive if you don't have to? It's can be uncomfortable for passengers (descent rates/markedly changing engine note) , it makes speed, energy and configuration management difficult, it places unnecessary power demands on the engines and quite frankly the closer I get to the ground the more reluctant I am to dive towards it - distractions and mistakes happen and if you make an error in a nice constant 3 degree descent chances are you'll have A LOT more time to fix it than if you're driving down to the next step at 3000 fpm (not to mention avoiding triggering the GPWS).
Airmpanship encompasses many elements of flying - but basically don't do something if there's an easier and SAFER way of getting the job done!
[ 30 November 2001: Message edited by: 2daddies ]
[ 30 November 2001: Message edited by: 2daddies ]