On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:49:20 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

In a previous article, said:
(a) Instrument approaches to civil airports.

Unless otherwise authorized by the Administrator, when an instrument
letdown to a civil airport is necessary, each person operating an
aircraft, except a military aircraft of the United States, shall use a
standard instrument approach procedure prescribed for the airport in
part 97 of this chapter.

If you can see the runway and can land without violating VFR cloud
separation rules, then the instrument letdown is no longer necessary, so
this clause shouldn't apply, right?


The other thing, I think, is that under the circumstances we are
discussing, the pilot is cleared for a particular instrument approach.

Since he has not been "otherwise authorized", presumably he would be
in violation for deviating from an IFR clearance, if he just went off
and flew his own home-made procedure.