wrote:
On Jan 31, 2:59 am, Sam Spade wrote:

In that case the P-FAF was moved to be coincident with the non-precision
FAF, if I recall correctly.


Why is that important? I guess its easy to do if you're using DME
fixes, but why do that if you're not going to decommission the outer
marker?


It is a current FAA policy. If I ever heard the reason, I don't recall
it now. I do know the tower chief at Oakland got upset over the change,
but national policy ruled.