Originally Posted by
ASFKAP
In some circumstances where you can't be certain you've positively fixed the problem or haven't had time to do the full autoland checks we leave the autoland status at cat 1 (or 2) and ask the crews to do a 'standard landing' which is basically a practice autoland but in cat 1 or better conditions, if the crew report that they carried out a sucessful one we can again upgrade the autoland status back to cat 3.
So it is acceptable if the "standard landing" is done using a Cat 1 facility?
I find that incongruous.
JAR AWO 181(f) mentions that some Cat 1 installations are not suitable to use for autolands.....
Are you suggesting that it is common that Cat 3 certified aircraft have been returned to service based on an autoland to a Cat 1 facility?
It would seem that the very least you should do if you want to use a Cat 1 facility is make sure it doesn't fall into the category the above JAR clause refers to...
But how do you know which Cat 1 installations meet the criteria of justifiably being used to re-certify a Cat 3 a/c?