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Originally Posted by CFIse  I think you mentioned earlier that slows you down because of the procedures at your employer. I have no idea what would happen if you did it on a PC at our company, but in the "real world" as long as we're configured and stable by 1,000ft AGL you can pretty much do what you want as long as neither crew members complains. Unless told to do otherwise I rarely slow under 200K before the FAF on an ILS. |
I think it's just a techinque thing, unless of course there are maximum or mandatory altitudes to be complied with. Especially on single-engine ILS's, I'd rather intercept at the initial assigned altitude, rather than keep making large power changes to descend and level off at each stepdown. I had a low-time training captain tell me it was bad form once, but I fail to see how something that's perfectly legal, and makes things easier (especially in the single-pilot/emergency environment), is "bad form."