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Old 23rd Apr 2021, 01:00
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Wizofoz
 
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I HAVE done both and your "chairman" is in danger of going blind from too much- you get the idea.

Cat3 ops takes technology, administrative compliance and preparation. It is the ultimate expression of "using superior judgement to avoid needing superior skill".

BUT- once the ducks are in a row, it involves sitting and watching a truly marvellous machine demonstrate why we're all going to be out of a job in the next few decades!

It takes zero flying skills.

I've done circling approaches off instrument procedures in Australia, Japan and various less well equipped parts of Europe, and the actual skill required to that- well, have a look at the safety records of both procedures to see if one isn't more prone to c0ck-ups that the other!

Funnily enough, if this sky-god IS the person alluded to, I was lamenting him just two nights ago, in the vein of "How do some people CONTINUE to get employed when they continually exhibit behaviour that should have had them binned decades ago?"
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