411A Yup - flown that approach at night in a B747; what's the OCL between CC & Stonecutters with all those ships' masts, derricks etc? Doesn't bear thinking about really!
I think the essence of ANY approach, particularly in large aircraft, is that it is stable. A problem with levelling off at MDA and flying to/through the descent point for the runway is losing the stable approach at low level and THEN trying to re-establish it before touch-down, that can be feat,especially when acquiring the runway late, and has lead to heavy landings or worse.
I take the point on contingencies but I think the comment of
maxalt calls to mind another tried and true maxim: "The only time you've got too much gas is when you're on fire!"
If everywhere is on minima then have enough gas to land somewhere easy.
