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Old 9th Feb 2009, 08:26
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bobrun
 
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I'm surprised at how many are qualified for LWMO (I'm assuming) but yet say they would fly to Cat3 minima when only cleared for a Cat2 approach!!! If you do not have a Cat3 clearance but only a Cat2, you can only go down to Cat2, period. Scary to read some of the posts...

As a note, at some airports (particularly Europe), ATC will only offer Cat2 as the aircraft spacing required is less than for Cat3, even though the runway could be use for Cat3 ops. This also means that, although the ILS is protected, there's a possibility that it will be affected by the preceeding aircraft. Cat2 ops means Cat2 minimum.
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