Air carrier widebody transport captain's complaint about visual parallel approach to sfo.

Attributes
ACN	160201
Time
Date	199010
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sfo
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : oak
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : go around
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	descent : approach descent other
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	160201
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 1000 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Hazardous parallel visibility approach procedure at sfo: the bay controller vectored us, a widebody transport, so that we would rendezvous with a large transport and fly wingtip to wingtip formation just inside bridge. We made a missed approach to avoid this unacceptable hazardous (and illegal) maneuver.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR WDB CAPT'S COMPLAINT ABOUT VISUAL PARALLEL APCH TO SFO.

Narrative: HAZARDOUS PARALLEL VIS APCH PROC AT SFO: THE BAY CTLR VECTORED US, A WDB, SO THAT WE WOULD RENDEZVOUS WITH A LGT AND FLY WINGTIP TO WINGTIP FORMATION JUST INSIDE BRIDGE. WE MADE A MISSED APCH TO AVOID THIS UNACCEPTABLE HAZARDOUS (AND ILLEGAL) MANEUVER.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.