Originally Posted by
peekay4
By the time the accept the approach, which may be well before any waypoint. Typically ATC will confirm that the pilot has the airport (or preceding aircraft) in sight before offering a visual approach.
For sake of discussion let's say the weather is 3,000 and 10. Would NCT approve the procedure if the crew requested it on initial contact shortly after passing CEDES?
BTW, I checked the geometry.
The true bearing of 28R is 297.815. The true bearing of the 28R ILS is also 297.815. The true bearing from FD101 to 28R is 297.9 in my GIS software. The path angle from FD101D to the lead carrier's AER is exactly 3.0 degrees assuming the same TCH as the 28R ILS.