Originally Posted by
SAABaroowski
yeah but don't you need the "red terminating bars" to descend to 100'ft? I havent looked at my ATP oral exam guid in a while though so I could be wrong

You are right
You do need the runway environment(terminating bars and all those other things we has to commit to memory) to go below 100' tdze. I was trying to point out that you can get below MDA without seeing the runway environment.
The pilot probably has some answering to do for his comment on getting the runway at 50'. I can't see anyway you sould be that low except for a CAT III ILS.