Practice Autolands
When pilots request a practice autoland, we (?ATC perspective) normally switch off all other ILs's not associated with the runway and generally will try and keep the critical/sensitive areas clear. My question really is, are you flying a practice CATIII approach/autoland as most of the time our ground equipment is only CAT1/II certified and not CAT3 at all? I have seen pilots do a practice autoland even when we only had a CATI certified ILS. What is the difference doing a practice autoland when the ground equipment is only CATI / II certified as opposed to CATIII? We would normally inform the crew that we have no safeguards in place as it is quite a long list of items and can take up to 30 minutes to get in place. We will generally not approve a practice autoland/approach in VMC if the crew insists on having all the safeguards in place. What do you normally expect from ATC when you request a practice autoland and how many do you need to do per semester or year to remain current? Can you do the practice approaches/autoland in the simulator (yes, of course) , but does it legally count as sufficient or do you need live practice to remain current?
Thanks
Fart
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