Originally Posted by exwaterski

Spoken like someone who has never flown a jet. Contrary to popular belief every approach is not a vector to a fully functioning ILS on a well lit runway. We do plenty of visuals where there is no help from ATC, no published instrument approach, not even so much as a PAPI. We often fly to the same Po Dunk airports that you do, and sometimes we even land after the tower has closed (gasp) with the autopilot off (horror). I'll admit I've never had to fly a full procedure, does flying a procedure turn make you more of a man or something?