When sky conditions are not to bad (meaning, you can make a visual), do you then enter the ILS frequency......

Question

..... for security, or do you then really just fly visual?

Answer 1

Yeah, it's policy at most airlines to put it in anyway, just to verify that you are landing at the correct airport and runway.  Many airports look the same, and runways can be confusing, so making sure the needles agree is always a good idea.  You can also use the glideslope for vertical guidance, even if you are doing a visual.  I like to compare the VASI, which is visual, with the ILS glideslope, as many times they are not the same.

Answer 2

The habit of tuning and identifying it might help you from overshooting or straying into a parallel runways extended centerline.  --Might help you land on the assigned runway.  --Might help you not land on a taxiway.

Some aircraft approaching to land in US Class D airspace are required to fly at or above the glideslope from the FAF to the DA.

Answer 3

Do whatever blows your skirt up. I would.  Maybe. Then again, maybe not. If I see a copilots head in the cockpit staring at a flight director or ils ill reach over and shut the sucker off. Too many little airplanes in indian country on a nice weather day to have your eyes anywhere but outside the cockpit.