No more QFE

[bookworm]

Lots of people have said that it doesn't take much intelligence to remember the aerodrome elevation and work out the altitudes for the circuit.

I think the point that's often missed is that if you fly using QFE you still have to check and/or remember as many levels as someone flying on QNH. If you're flying IFR, you need the intermediate levels and (M)DA/H for the IAP. If you're flying VFR you need the circuit level.

The fact that most but not all ILS DHs are 200 ft and most but not all circuit heights are 1000 ft always seems to me to be a good reason for using altitudes rather than heights, as using heights tends to encourage unwarranted assumptions.