Originally Posted by
ETOPS
Over the years I’ve carried out dozens of auto lands at the various categories in everything from the BAC 1-11 to the 747. Two problems - realising the aircraft managed smoother touchdowns than I could and a creeping dread that one day the lights glimpsed in a CAT 111c would turn out to be the car park!
Reminds me of one of my mates doing a PAR. RVR was 700m but ATC weren't permitted to say you can't do it, that was up to the pilot.
So he flew the PAR and touched down. Passenger remarked it was a bit bumpy. That was because the pilot had seen a line of lights and thought they were the centreline so straddled them not realising it was the left hand edge lights!