Can someone clarify the first note below the table? I’d always understood that CAT II can be flown without the autopilot, so I just want to be clear on what’s being counted here.
The current EASA requirements are shown below. The title of the RVR columns in Table 3 (now Table 4) now reads "Auto-coupled or HUD to below DH". Clearly, the minima in the table are only available if the approach is flown with the autopilot coupled or a HUD used to "below DH".
ICAO Doc 9365 (Manual of All-Weather Operations) states that the term "below DH" means "continued use of the automatic flight control system down to a height which is not greater than 80 per cent of the applicable DH".
