Originally Posted by
lm06
what's the diff between cat 1 and 2 and how difficult to achieve for crews ?....hours or years ?
Its down to visibility and crew/aircraft/rwy certification. Once the vis (rvrs) drop less than 550m cat II becomes active.
Generally during low vis operations the aircraft will do an auto land so its a very much monitored approach...allas not for Cork which from a pilots perspective is a dump. The approach is very undullating that the aircraft tend to flare early and land deep if the automatics are left in so we have to disconnect at the latest 80 ft which is a crook of sh@te as it defeats the ideology of the appr in low vis. This leaves its own challenges murking round in low vis trying to get a snap shot of how close the rwy is to you before ones buries it or floats, there is a hump on the 1000ft point on 17 and then it goes away from you ....not easy when the rvrs are 300m and your in fast moving fog as in cross winds and cloud on the deck assoc with cork.
Have to say its not one of my favourite approachs.....beamish in Cork, a balti in the indian palace and treats in the english market you cant beat!
