Originally Posted by
Virtually There
2. So maybe "common" was the wrong choice of words. It happens. I've seen it happen, I've done it myself - and for the record I climbed and flew to the MAPt. Instructors see it all the time - otherwise this thread wouldn't exist. If you only see it in sims, then I'm guessing you likely fly jets with a coupled auto-pilot. But I don't know you, so I'm only going to guess - I'm not going to make an assumption.
Yes, instructors will see it a bit, they are instructing after all. My point was just that once a new IF pilot gets out into the real world and gains just a little experience, flying approaches becomes routine and a missed approach due to being out of tolerance is rare. That goes for hand flown piston twins and the bigger fancier machines.