I can't speak for AC's SOPs and what they say but any professional pilot even if it is not written in their SOP would use the info provided on the Jepp plate and that includes the DME v Alt info provided and he would also be cross checking the altitudes over the FAF to make sure his temp correction he applied is correct... This is called airmanship.
I now understand what you meant about your "approach lights" comment but I have not found anything that would make it clearer.
If the chart posted above is correct, the PM's first call when he initially saw lights was "lights only", not "approach lights".
What did he see? Random lights on the ground or the actual approach lights for the runway?
Last edited by Jet Jockey A4; 30th Oct 2017 at 11:22.