Questions pondered at 6500 feet

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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2. We often hear commercial airliners "cleared for the visual approach"
into thus-and-such an airport. However, we *also* often hear commercial
airliners "cleared for the ILS Rwy 14 approach" (for example) -- even
though conditions in the area are perfectly CAVU.

Since we haven't heard the airliner SAY they wanted an instrument
approach, how/why does the controller know to clear them for anything
other than the visual approach?

Inquiring minds, doncha know?


Use of an instrument approach simplifies establishing an arrival sequence.