Originally Posted by
Halon1211
yeah, but is there at least a GPS approach to back it up?
if there’s a GPS Approach, then it should be fine.
honest question I don’t know the 737 since I fly an Airbus. Does the 737 capture the pseudo glideslope on a GPS approach??? is a GPS approach really that difficult on a 737?
The pilot should’ve been thinking to themselves. Why am I full scale deflection low on this GPS approach???
"it should be fine" don't work for all crews. Most crews don't do NPA on the regular. ILS is much easier to deal with especially when you are tired. Accepting a visual approach at night after a long day to a RW that most don't use was probably a mistake. Time will tell. Boeing NPA using VNAV is not like an ILS. The FMS has to be sequenced correctly, ALT intervention can accidentally delete speed and alt restrictions, MCP altitude will absolutely be honored unlike an ILS, and since we never do them they are easy to fuc5 up. There is a time and place to use them.