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Old 29th Jun 2008, 14:07
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expatula
 
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Awops 101

Just to emphasize that pilots are not authorized to operate LowVis approach, take off and landing if all the requirements for AWOPS are not met, which means that 1) Pilots have to be Lowvis qualified; 2) Facility/Aeorodrome has to be certified for CAT II/III operations; and 3) Aircraft has to be certified meaning that it should have all the required equipment to carry out a successful CAT II/III Precision Approach. LVP has to be in force as well and as far as I know, RPLL is not certified as such, which therefore means that nobody can land even if it is ILS 24 esp if the prevailing conditions are well below the published minima.

Same thing goes for VOR/DME 06. I think the procedures are clearly written about conducting instrument approaches, whether Precision or Non-Precision. It is the understanding of these, and the adherence to such, that comes into question when pilots decide to take into their own hands to just land the goddamn plane no matter what and regardless if limits are exceeded and rules and regulations are violated.

Again it all boils down to experience, proper training and the safety culture existing in your respective companies that creates the big difference. We don't want accidents happening here just because the crew do not understand what they are doing, or what they are supposed to do and not to do. There could be one or two or more of our love ones riding in those planes you are flying, so for heaven's sake, study your craft and fly safe!
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