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Old 14th October 2006 | 11:43
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Gary Lager
 
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...also remember your company may have more restrictive (although badly written) SOPs about who can carry out autolands on CAT I-only airfields!

Anyway, if we needed actual CATII/III conditions to do an autoland check, how could we do one if the aircraft had only CAT I capability until we'd done an autoland? Or are the 'conditions' you refer to in post #1 more to do with airfield protections and ILS capability, rather than Wx? If so, forgive me.

But how do you know which Cat 1 installations meet the criteria of justifiably being used to re-certify a Cat 3 a/c?
With the limited information available regarding 'suitable' a/fs, perhaps give it a go in good vis and if it plays silly b**gers prior to touchdown, disconnect the automatics, sort it out and try again somewhere else
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