Originally Posted by
CargoOne
excrab
I am confused with the purpose of HUD on 737NG and performing CATIIIA landing with A/P and A/T disengaged. There are aircraft types with no autoland (like CRJ) where HUD option gives you CATIIIA capability for manual landing, so it is clear. But why would anyone use HUD & manual while 737NG can perform CATIIIA autoland?
excrab made this comment in #38 :
"there was one reason for flydubai having the HUD. It wasn’t to make the operation safer or give the captain increased situational awareness, it was because it was cheaper than keeping the autopilots certified for dual channel"
approaches and auto land."