Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the angled approach to KSFO 28R has nothing to do with noise abatement and everything to do with the fact that you can't fly simultaneous IFR parallel approaches to two runways that are only separated by 750'.
Maybe, maybe not. The 'FMS Bridge Visual' approach is the FMS version of the 'QUIET Bridge Visual' approach (they have the same ground track). QUIET in the name strongly suggests noise abatement. Of course the approach may also provide the ability to fly simultaneous approaches as you suggest. But in this case 28L was closed, so the only approaches were to a single runway (28R). And yet they were still cleared via the equivalent of the 'QUIET Bridge Visual' approach and not the ILS. Excuse the pun, but that 'sounds' like noise abatement was a factor.