Originally Posted by
Sam Ting Wong
Cxorcist, your scenario sounds like the perfect oportunity for an autoland to me.
Wrong! Shows what you know. Coupled approaches and autoland are terrible in really gusty winds. The autopilot and auto throttle are simply not quick enough. I’ve seen that be the reason weak captains almost made smoking holes. Maybe you need a few more long haul hours before they upgrade your cheap bum into the LHS.
Hence, the point of my dark stormy night post. Dismiss it if you must, but just wait until it happens to you. Insurers don’t like experience for no reason. The inexperienced typically don’t understand the value of experience by their very definition, obviously.