BA , do Cat 3A approach?
I have been hearing that BA do not train to Cat 3A approach limits, because of costs?; they do Cat 2 or Cat 3B. Would anybody in BA care to confirm or comment on this please?
Last week a BA Long haul aircraft refused 27L, which is Cat3A at the moment, and insisted on 09L which, as I write, is the only Cat 3B ILS that Heathrow has. I am told this added significantly to the early morning problems because effectively it caused 2 runway changes; from West to East and then back again. As a result, it probably won't be allowed to happen a second time. (Hearsay)
When I made enquiries about it I was given the above information about BA's approach Cat. training. Is Cat 3A a manual landing from a 50' DH or is it an autoland from a 50'DH? I was told the former but that hadn't been my understanding.
Why weren't other BA aircraft affected?
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