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Originally Posted by meritflyer  Whats the correct way? |
I think it depends on where you are on the approach and the approach design.
If there is another fix between the FAF/GS intercept with a minimum altitude I'll descend down to that intermediate altitude because I don't want to bust the minimum altitude at that fix. Capturing the GS won't assure that you will make that fixes altitude requirement.
We had a discussion on here some time ago I remember - I had a controller actually get upset at us for not descending down immediately to the next step down on the fix. Kinda funny. It was always the same controller too.