MLG FLC ON VISUAL INTO LAX FINDS THEMSELVES BELLY UP TO COMMUTER TURNING FINAL FOR OTHER RWYS. MAINTAIN VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE SECOND ACFT.
Synopsis
MLG FLC ON VISUAL INTO LAX FINDS THEMSELVES BELLY UP TO COMMUTER TURNING FINAL FOR OTHER RWYS. MAINTAIN VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE SECOND ACFT.
Narrative
I WAS CAPT ON FLT FROM SFO TO LAX AS FO FLEW LEG TO LAX. WX WAS CLR; 5 MI VISIBILITY; HAZE WITH W SUN (XX00L) WE WERE CLRED FOR STADIUM VISUAL APCH RWY 24R AFTER WE CALLED PRECEDING ACFT IN SIGHT. ON BASE TURN GEAR WAS LOWER; FLAPS 10 DEGS; SPD 180 KTS. DURING THE START OF TURN TO FINAL I SAW A COMMUTER ACFT ALSO TURNING BASE TO FINAL RWY 25; THIS TFC WAS CO-ALT; BELLY-UP TO US; AND NOT CALLED OUT BY APCH OR TWR. DURING OUR TURN TO FINAL I TOLD FO TO INCREASE BANK AND TURN AS I KEPT TFC IN SIGHT. I MAINTAINED VISUAL CONTACT THROUGHOUT THE TURN TO ASSURE SEPARATION SINCE WE WERE ON DIFFERENT FREQS AND DID NOT KNOW IF THE TFC HAD US IN SIGHT. WE RECEIVED A SINGLE TCASII RA 'MONITOR VERT SPD;' WHILE IN THE TURN. AS WE ROLLED OUT THE FO LINED UP ON CTRLINE AND WE CONTINUED A NORMAL; STABILIZED APCH; CONTACTED TWR AND LANDED NORMALLY. THE FOLLOWING DAY WAS ADVISED OF POSSIBLE LOSS OF SEPARATION FROM OTHER ACFT. ATC HAD SAID NOTHING. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED: SUN; HAZE; FOLLOWING PRECEDING ACFT ON VISUAL APCH WITHOUT RWY IN SIGHT; NO CALL BY ATC OF RWY 25 TFC WHILE ON DIFFERENT FREQS; BOTH ACFT BELLY-UP AT SAME POINT IN TURN AT SAME ALT; NEED TO FEEL I HAD TO KEEP TFC IN SIGHT; SCHEDULING MAY BE CONSIDERED A FACTOR (SHUTTLE OPS; 6TH FLT OF THE DAY; 3RD ACFT OF DAY) ALTHOUGH NEITHER THE FO OR MYSELF CONSIDERED OURSELVES FATIGUED.
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