Flight crew disagrees among themselves over legality of identing ILS fixes with alternate means.

Attributes
ACN	327100
Time
Date	199601
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mod
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sck
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Jetstream 31
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 290 flight time total : 2900 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	327100
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

The captain's interpretation of the company operations manual was that certain seemingly required things on an approach could be substituted for by the use of other things, ie, identing fixes and intxns with the use of ATC radar, or gsia, etc. I disagreed. The approach was flown and ATC agreed it was fine and issued the approach clearance. The WX was just about VFR (3000 ft 2 1/2 mi) and the field was in sight. ATC identified a point that the captain had requested to confirm.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC DISAGREES AMONG THEMSELVES OVER LEGALITY OF IDENTING ILS FIXES WITH ALTERNATE MEANS.

Narrative: THE CAPT'S INTERPRETATION OF THE COMPANY OPS MANUAL WAS THAT CERTAIN SEEMINGLY REQUIRED THINGS ON AN APCH COULD BE SUBSTITUTED FOR BY THE USE OF OTHER THINGS, IE, IDENTING FIXES AND INTXNS WITH THE USE OF ATC RADAR, OR GSIA, ETC. I DISAGREED. THE APCH WAS FLOWN AND ATC AGREED IT WAS FINE AND ISSUED THE APCH CLRNC. THE WX WAS JUST ABOUT VFR (3000 FT 2 1/2 MI) AND THE FIELD WAS IN SIGHT. ATC IDENTIFIED A POINT THAT THE CAPT HAD REQUESTED TO CONFIRM.

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.