Quid.. Thank you for posting the FAA checkride requirements for our mate 411a,however 411a is right, as he (nearly) always is, that it does seem to leave his "younger!" pilots exposed and poorly placed, if it happens one day.
Then the pilot is unexamined on his ability and probably not trained either on the more demanding NPA with an engine out.
It could be that the FAA basically never want you to do a NPA with an engine out, emergency declared or not, as they still think in Aztec terms.
Maybe as they do not cover it, they would throw their book at you if you did one in your jet and lived.
Personally I think the reality is more old experienced heavy metal captains have actually crashed on NPA anyway and the FAA and the people who draw these killer approaches are light years behind the modern aircraft and constant descent methods.
Although legal,is this FAA stance and requirements wise in todays conditions.?
This engine out, NPA thing, I feel is where the simulator sessions would be of real value, if only to make one aware of their inabilities, on a duck and dive, before they attempt to kill themselves by overconfidence,...an aversion crm therapy session, for the old and younger guys!
Meanwhile in this untrained, unchecked situation,I feel it would be wise if all airports that accepted fare paying passengers were required to have a fully operational and checked, active in limits ILS runway and be "Required" to offer the same to the pilot, irregardless of residential noise considerations.
Incidentaly I also believe in Father Christmas, and that he lives in the underfloor galley of a L1011!
Cheers.