Originally Posted by palgia841

Ok, I got a question for you guys.
If you are cleared for a full ILS approach and you're on a feeder route or initial approach segment that is taking you to the final approach course (ie. a base leg) and you join the final many miles before the GS intercept altitude on the plate, but happen to be right on the glideslope, what do you do?
Do you dive down to GS intercept altitude, level-off, and wait for the GS to come back down, or do you just join the GS right there?
The second option is certainly more comfortable for the pax, but which one is preferable in a job interview?

For example, lets take the ILS 24R at LAX. If you're coming from the north transitions, you'll be at 4,000' approaching MERCE. But if you start your turn inbound at the LAX 057 lead radial, you will naturally intercept the LOC past MERCE, and you happen to be exactly on glideslope. What would you do? I'm pretty sure both options are legal, since those are minimum altitudes, not mandatory. But what do you think would be better in an interview?

BTW, this approach is very common at the SKW interview.