Winds on approach

Dave S wrote:
Tim wrote:


What you advocate makes no sense to me. What is the rationale?



Preventing accidents from shifting gears in a high stress, relatively
risky portion of the flight.

If you are flying an ILS, you should brief the ILS and fly what you
brief. Your choices should be one of two: Land or go missed. Trying to
make the most of a bad situation usually results in a worse situation.


If its a bad idea for a professional, 2 person ATP rated or eligible
crew, flying into places they are used to going on a daily basis, why is
it a good idea for a single pilot op?

As for bad weather getting worse, with diminishing fuel reserves.. does
anybody remember something about enough fuel to make your destination,
plus filed alternate, plus 45 more minutes. I dont think it was a
suggestion. And something about weather minimums at alternates?

If you are getting in this kind of a pinch, might want a refresher on
flight planning and rule requirements.

Dave


Actually, if you are in the kind of pinch where you can;t start a timer
at the appropriate time and transition to a localizer approach from an
ILS you might want a refresher. Obviously we have different views on
this. I do not see a transition from a GS to Localizer as risky. There
is only one difference - that is how one gets to the DH/MDA. - either
on a GS or descending at some rate after a certain point. I can;t agree
that that is risky.