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Old 8th Jan 2021, 06:12
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Originally Posted by FlyingStone
I don't know where you fly, but there's a fair amout of autolands done during the year due to weather, so you can shed couple of percent of the 100% figure.

Significant proportion requiring raw data visual approach or sidestep? How many flights in the last 12 months would you be unable to complete (as in would have to divert) without doing a visual approach or a sidestep?
That’ll be quite dependent on where you fly. You do autolands quite often. At my base, it’s rare enough to actually NEED an instrument approach, let alone an autoland. The last time I did an instrument approach at my base was 4.5 years ago.

Much more likely to be given a funny vector or have to dodge some weather, so need to disconnect the automatics and do some of that pilot stuff.
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