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In article >Actually you did, Ill re quote your words, "You can never blindly >follow the GS down to DH" Yes, why do you have a problem with this? Does doing a crosscheck against the altimeter at the known crossing altitudes insult your intelligence somehow? Do you feel like a less competent pilot if you use all the instruments? Do you turn off the marker receiver so you dont get distracted? >The same ones exactly 10 lines up, which you seem to not have read, >and forgotten you wrote. Ten lines up is: >>>>location on the approach where you are supposed to crosscheck your Im sorry, I didnt realize you didnt understand the word "supposed". Im sorry if you think that necessarily refers to some regulatory requirement. >This is what I disagreed with then, and disagree with now. Fine. Please dont bother crosschecking your altimeter against the GS as you slide down to the ground. Its your life. Just make sure that it is only your airplane that you bend, and leave the ground-pounders alone. >And dont start the "feather" argument again. I have no idea what the hell this "feather" thing is, so I couldnt have started any arguments about it. Did you hit a bird on the way down and is your cockpit filled with feathers? >We stipulated that this was inside the feather. No, since I dont know what "feather" you are talking about, I certainly stipulated no such thing. If you mean "GS intercept", or "FAF", then NO, we certainly did not stipulate that this was "inside". In fact, the question that started this discussion was explicitely about descending when "cleared for the approach", which happens outside the FAF. Subject: Re: Cleared for the approach and altitude Unless maybe on the planet you live on you get cleared for an approach when you are inside the FAF and already on the GS. Here on Earth, ATC is supposed to clear us outside the FAF. Works well that way. Maybe you ought to try it. |
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