Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
Somehow I've mananged to do both at the same time
USMCFLYR
Depending on your PNF in a multi crew airplane, you can do that in an airliner as well
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Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
So if the PF is concentrating on the instruments (and heads down in the cockpit) and the PNF is looking outside for visual cues - - is it tough for the PF to transition from inside the cockpit to the outside visuals cues if the weather is such that it might be at minimums? I mean if the weather is so bad that you're waiting for that last second before going missed to see the airport environment, then it would seem to be a tough transition for the PF.
USMCFLYR
On a non precision and it's right at mins, it seems as if the hardest thing for the PF is to keep descending once the environment is in sight and you are right at the published VDP, or your calculated VDP right when you see it. Very common to see it but not start coming down, putting the aircraft high and the likely possibility of de-stablizing the approach. Plenty of bent metal out there from this situation.
On a CAT I ILS the transition doesn't seem to dramatic. Especially if there is minimal crab angle, etc.
My airline is only approved for CATII, and I've only done a hand full of them. Even though its the CA looking outside as well as the one thats going to put it on the ground, yes, it can happen quick and be tough to transition.