Originally Posted by Chiefttp
I will reiterate, that in the U.S. we don’t just “try” to fly a Cat 2/3 approach. As in Europe, the aircraft, aircrew, airport lighting, and navaids have to be certified to fly and operate in CAT 2/3 conditions. It really boils down to this. In the U.S. we don’t “announce LVP procedures” are in effect, The only announcement is if SMGCS procedures are in effect, and that’s only at airports that have a published SMGCS plan. There are many airports that have CAT2/3 approaches and no SMGCS plan, in that case we just land and taxi to the ramp via Ground control instructions. To summarize, In Europe, you announce LVP, in the U.S. we don’t, but everything else is the same.
But robust and reliable All Weather Operations in Europe (in my experience) also rely on suitable airport procedures and availability of certain equipment which, in this instance at least, do not appear to be the same.