In this reintroduction of a past series of articles, we’ll fully dissect a particular chart or procedure. While many of the points we’ll make should be uncovered in a normal briefing, our analysis will extend far beyond. Our hope is that by exploring the edge cases of available procedures, you’ll better understand how to handle something that’s not quite in the mainstream of procedures you regularly fly.
The first chart in this periodic series is the rather odd LOC/DME BC-B approach at Medford, Oregon, KMFR. Let’s walk through it point by point. (To follow, match the highlighting colors on the chart (next page) to the text.)
