Originally Posted by
sigep_nm
Flyboy,
Im not sure what POPA is getting at with his post as it makes little sense with his last statement as he has probably never done a circle to land approach.
The original question was, "What is your opinion of a MDA that over 1000’ HAA or even 1500’ HAA. From a LEGAL standpoint should you maintain that MDA until you can make a continuous descent (in other words no level off) to the runway."
My answer is no, because the FAR in question allows for "normal manuevers," which would include going below MDA to enter the pattern at TPA. The way I read the question, he was asking about entering a VFR pattern from an IAP. Of course, I'm not an FAA guy, so I could be wrong.
As far as questioning my experience, I'm not sure how you can do that given that you don't know what my experience is.
