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Max talks about when to choose an IAF versus Vectors when Getting Vectors to Final. Like most things in aviation, the answer is "It Depends." In older GPSs, choosing Vectors drops some waypoints, which is fine over flat terrain, but which can be dangerous when vectored over mountainous terrain. This is why CFIs often encouraged pilots to always load an approach with an IAF and not vectors, even when being vectored for an approach. Newer GPSs have solved this problem, and in most cases, it's fine to load an approach with vectors.

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