Ok guys,
The thread started with a question about the LAND 2 status in relation to landing minima for a Boeing 777. I quoted from our FCOM.
LAND 3 = CAT 3 (whatever version).
LAND 2 = CAT 2.
Now people are referring to NO AUTOLAND and still being CAT 2. The excerpt below from the Boeing 777 shows that with weather conditions below CAT 1 you need perform an automatic landing.
NO AUTOLAND = CAT 1.
Boeing FCOM 1 – Limitations
Automatic Landing
*The maximum glideslope angle is 3.25 degrees.
*The minimum glideslope angle is 2.5 degrees.
*Automatic landings can be made using flaps 20 or 30, with both engines operative
or one engine inoperative.
*With weather conditions below published CAT I minima, an automatic landing is
compulsory.
*Automatic landing under CAT III weather conditions is not allowed on runways
narrower than 45m in width.
If anybody has other limits in their FCOM’s for the Boeing 777 I am very interested in reading about them.