Spoke to an AC buddy on a different type. They start descent in whatever mode and only check the 4nm v ALT, not all the DME's all the way down. He seemed to suggest that, after this event, the 'visual reference' had been modified and if 'lights' can be seen they can continue below DA on autopilot. Sadly our conversation was distracted and I never cleared up that point. Are there those in the know? It seemed in quite a few scenarios AC's procedures differ quite a bit from common EASA ones. It seems there is also a dodgy culture shift westwards.
Last edited by RAT 5; 10th Jul 2017 at 10:09.