Very interesting point. Most companies now treat MDA as DA and at MDA there are only 2 options:-ahramin wrote:I don't have a dog in this fight but there may be a lesson here relevant to all IFR pilots.
Sometimes these situations develop because the crew descends past the MDA without the required visual references in the expectation of the runway appearing soon where they think it is.
- See the runway and continue.
- Don't see the runway and go-around.
At my Airline these are the only 2 options on a non precision approach - we are not allowed to fly level at MDA or continue below MDA without seeing the runway.
Losing sight of the runway after descending below MDA is an automatic go-around.
I know not every company has the SOP as simple as this and is is a serious issue imho.
There have been 2 incidents and an accident with Canadian Airlines all involving non precision approaches.
There does seem to be an issue.