Robert M. Gary wrote:
Sometimes it can be distracting. My first IFR approach was into MRY
with ceilings at 800. I broke out, started looking for the airport and
flew right through the LOC looking for the airport. Lesson, learned.
Keep flying the ILS until you see the runway.

Heh, that's a lesson we all seem to need to learn for ourselves. Who among us
has never done this?