Bumblebee
Commodore
the following is the straw man argument...
Here you say that if you don't do your job correctly, and throw out your SOP's and happen to keep it on the runway, is it a safe approach...well of course it's not.
Here is my assertion.
let's try to get real here...
which is safer?
If you do fly the approach within SOP and don't have to go missed...
or
A CANPA approach where you couldn't see the runway fast enough, and go missed, then divert or try again?
Now, if you fly the approach to SOP and then have to go missed at the VDP, does it have greater risk to do the missed from that point?
Or is the reason for all of this, (industry wide) a lack of competency? Is it more safe because We're not proficient?
Don't get me wrong, as I've explained multiple times now I fly step downs as a stabilized glide path until the MDA...so none of the power on, retrim, power off, retrim.
I just don't want to have it imposed when it is perfectly safe when performed correctly.
(oh and I won't because I'm not in the 121 environment BTW )
The "outcome" is not what determines the safety of the approach. If the outcome were the determining factor, you wouldn't be able to tell if an approach was safe until the aircraft was on the ground. If I fly an unstable approach and land 80% down the runway, but happen to be able to stop and keep it on the pavement, was that a safe approach/landing?
Here you say that if you don't do your job correctly, and throw out your SOP's and happen to keep it on the runway, is it a safe approach...well of course it's not.
Here is my assertion.
let's try to get real here...
which is safer?
If you do fly the approach within SOP and don't have to go missed...
or
A CANPA approach where you couldn't see the runway fast enough, and go missed, then divert or try again?
Now, if you fly the approach to SOP and then have to go missed at the VDP, does it have greater risk to do the missed from that point?
Or is the reason for all of this, (industry wide) a lack of competency? Is it more safe because We're not proficient?
Don't get me wrong, as I've explained multiple times now I fly step downs as a stabilized glide path until the MDA...so none of the power on, retrim, power off, retrim.
I just don't want to have it imposed when it is perfectly safe when performed correctly.
(oh and I won't because I'm not in the 121 environment BTW )