Originally Posted by
poorflyer
Let’s just say we have multiple airports the company banned us from doing night visuals because crews just hit FLCH and put their feet up while the plane careens toward terrain. Slightly understandable, night is dark, mountains are hiding. But now a certain airport is now banned for all visuals night and day, because crews are turning final below glide path and getting EGPWS.
I never understood people who could comfortably put their feet up in the 175. I could never get the seat back far enough to do anything less that almost kneeing myself in the shoulder if I used those foot rests.
Granted visual approaches are difficult to teach to real-world conditions in the sim (especially if you're on a downwind and have to decide when to turn base yourself), but I also have a difficult time understanding why people don't fly around with the terrain page up more on the MFD. I always had it up every leg of every flight, and only didn't use it when I was using the radar. Just a thought...
