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Old 29th Apr 2004, 17:31
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Maximum
 
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Lem, I fully agree, SOP's don't cover everything. But they should cover major areas of the operation like how to do an approach and go-around, and what configuration of automatics is permissable!

The question wasn't specifically about the landing, it was about the go-around.

However, I agree with you, an autoland could be done in this instance when weather is close to CAT 1 minima. Of course, the crew must now ensure they are both fully aware of what calls are to be made etc. And if LVP's are not in force or the ILS is only CAT 1, they mustn't make the mistake of being suckered into thinking they have full CAT 11/CAT 111 protection. Very easy to slip below CAT 1 DA with nothing seen and both autopilots engaged.............................

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