(C Kingsbury) wrote
Needle position and movement trend will indicate what you're dealing
with. At best I will grant you there is a theoretical reduction of
precision of measuring the x-wind component, but I suspect in most
cases the difference in the two approaches will be nugatory.

In most cases, you can just fly IMC without talking to anyone and it's
fine.

Yes, and we allow people to drive 55MPH, despite the fact that some
people get killed doing just that.

Which means that sometimes it's NOT safe to drive 55, even when that's
the speed limit.

I agree that final approach segments often demand higher precision
than what "the rules" require. My favorite is the ILS 5 to Lawrence,
MA, which ought to be called the cannonball run:

http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0409/00654I5.PDF

Clearly I am missing something here. Plese explain.

Michael