So, I'm wondering if their overhead approach to an un-controlled field is
"approved"?

As I am sure the libertarians on this newsgroup will tell you, there
is no approved approach, in the sense that certain approaches are okay
and others are not.

And it is local custom at some airports to descend into the traffic
pattern. Personally, I have never seen it, and I hope that I never
will. (I don't even particularly care for the mid-field crossover

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