Originally Posted by
JackReacher
Not on the RNAV W, which I believe is what they were using that day. Autopilot must be off by 50’ below MDA (guppy fleet) which in this case is 830’ and that’s on a base leg. Hand flying on the PAPI from there.
Really, wow. That's high (not that it makes it much harder). Maybe it's just the Airbus, but landing on 29 never seemed to be that big of a deal and both the RNAV overlays for the visual and now the RNAV W have sure made it easier. I do think there is a psychological effect caused by it only being 6700' that makes people want to shift to a shorter aimpoint on final, ignoring that in recent years we are typically only landing there with a significant headwind.