Originally Posted by
Maingear
Some of the guys here love to attempt to bomb down to the faf alt when cleared for the visual. Doesn't matter if we're 2 miles from faf or 15. I can't tell you how many times I've had to say to the other guy, hey how about I load the whole approach and we comply with the fixes leading up to the faf alt.
That's poor habit transfer learned in the sims. Nothing to hit on the 12R ILS in MSP. Doesn't work out as well when there's a hill in between you and the FAF. I've had to stop FOs before on multiple occasions too.