PhilosopherPilot
Well-Known Member
Which is exactly why a "gated" stabilized approach can be an inherently an unsafe practice, that allows the "I can fix it" mentality to continue down an approach but if the stars magically align right at the gate, you get to go through, even if the approach comes off the rails later on. A continuously stabilized criteria forces a pilot to constantly evaluate their approach as is, rather than shoot for a target or continue based on the false blanket that the target was met so the approach must be safe.
I'm not sure what you're getting at. If you are not stable at 1000 feet, you go around. If you become unstable below 1000 feet, you go around. It's not like the 1000' callout is the ONLY time you evaluate your energy state or your stability. It's the beginning of the time after which you MUST be stable all the way to touchdown.