Originally Posted by
Bleve
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.
Also might have something to do with arrivals and departures into SJC and OAK. I know when we are in the transition from the DYMND 3 arrival to the FMS Bridge Visual, traffic landing in OAK are below us and traffic departing SJC make an immediate right turn and are just west of us. The step down altitudes keep us above OAK arrivals, the offset keeps us clear of aircraft departing SJC.