Originally Posted by
onetogo
Completely agree. My school tries to teach otherwise. I don't subscribe to that logic. If the GS goes dead on the ILS, I'm going missed and will try the LOC ONLY approach a second time around.
It's actually fairly common, lots of general aviation flight schools teach the "backup approach" technique. I did it in the past too but not at the airline level. Reasons mentioned were much slower approach speeds (which gives you extra time to make a decision) and fuel savings. Again, I believe one approach at a time is the best way to do it...