"On a slightly different note, is it true the A380 will be mandatory autoland every time due very limited eng 1 and 4 ground clearance with tests showing the APs land it consistently better ?"
Eh... No ! If you think about it, not every airport or runway has an ILS, and even those that do cannot always guarantee serviceability. Without such a landing aid, the autoland is definetaly not going to be "consistently better" !
