fiveoboy01
Pattern Altitude
Shown as a little chevron on the profile view of the plate.
Machado's book seems to say that you may NOT descend below MDA if you are not at the VDP, even if you have the runway environment in sight.
This morning my II said that it basically tells you that if you're past the VDP and you don't have the runway despite being at MDA, you'd better think about going missed(even though you haven't yet reached the MAP) because your descent angle steepens the closer you get to the runway.
I guess I'm a little confused because of these two statements, anyone care to clarify things? Is it advisory, or mandatory to stay at MDA to the VDP even if you have the runway in sight prior to it? Maybe I'm overthinking it.
Machado's book seems to say that you may NOT descend below MDA if you are not at the VDP, even if you have the runway environment in sight.
This morning my II said that it basically tells you that if you're past the VDP and you don't have the runway despite being at MDA, you'd better think about going missed(even though you haven't yet reached the MAP) because your descent angle steepens the closer you get to the runway.
I guess I'm a little confused because of these two statements, anyone care to clarify things? Is it advisory, or mandatory to stay at MDA to the VDP even if you have the runway in sight prior to it? Maybe I'm overthinking it.