"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
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Scott Moore wrote:

Think about breaking out at the MAP...you've got 0.2 seconds to make
your
decision.


Perhaps I'm misinterpreting what you've written, but how is this
different than a 'real' precision approach?

I believe he is saying that dive and drive gets you broken out sooner,
since you are down at the minimum altitude considerably befor the map.

Perhaps, but that's still the same as a precision approach.

No, it's not. A PA breaks you out AT the MAP, D&D breaks your out eealier,
perhaps _much_ earlier.

If reaching the
MDA at the same moment that one much decide whether or not to continue the
approach (ie the VDP) is a Bad Thing, why isn't it bad on a precision
approach?

It's the dreaded "approach to minimums". In the turbine equipment, it's
piloted by (usually) more experienced pilots. In such equipment it HAS to be
done as a stabilized approach. Why would a prop/piston driver put that onus
on themselves?