ok465:


Not in the context of 91.129:

(2) Each pilot operating a large or turbine-powered airplane approaching to land on a runway served by an instrument approach procedure with vertical guidance, if the airplane is so equipped, must:

(i) Operate that airplane at an altitude at or above the glidepath between the published final approach fix and the decision altitude (DA),or decision height (DH), as applicable;

Seems clear the glidepath refers to the IAP with vertical guidance that serves the runway being used.

Out with it....out with what??

Ok Capt my opinion is as I said earlier on. I would expect any Pilot would tune the ILS for a visual approach if it was available as a good airmanship point and as just plain common sense. For obvious reasons.

If the box didn't auto tune then I would manually tune. As I've done in the Sim.

As for my company SOP? Can't say I've looked for a policy but I know 99% of Pilots I fly with would do it anyway.:ok:

For those interested, if there is an ILS frequency associated with the runway the 744 FMC will autotune it regardless of the FMC selection, ie VOR05L / ILS05L / RWY05L. So I guess it's either a Boeing thing or a customer option.

OK465:

The regulation doesn't say "ILS" although it did years back. Today, for that particular runway ILS, LPV, or LNAV/VNAV would be the three options. Perhaps I misunderstood you when you stated previously, “No problem....a RWY 24R centerline navprofile will be created from a CF and you will get what is called the'doughnut' for vertical path info....works just as well as a tuned GS and will put you right on the PAPI if you hand fly it properly. The 'doughnut' can be monitored for adjustments around the turn.”

This thread is simply a technical and regulatory discussion, not a horse race or piano player shoot.
:)

Seems more like shooting the breeze to me.

I sure don't, never even been a passenger on one.