Approach Catergory
There is some dicussion at my company concerning which Catergory our Dash-8s fit into on a circling approach.
Our company profile is to fly the aircraft clean (gear and flap up) at 140kts until visual with the runway. When and if visual the flap and gear are extended and the speed reduced to 120 kts.
Normally we consider the Dash 8 to be a Cat B aircraft but on the Jeppesen plates there is a note saying 135kts max under circle to land minima Cat B. Does this mean that we are Cat C because of our company profile?
My belief is that the aircraft is still considered Cat B since the 135 kts max applies to the visual manoevering segment of the approach.
Thanks