Hi all,
Sounds to me as if my understanding of the latest situation with regard to Cat 111B on the 737NG may help here.
At present, yes the NG is Cat 111A only, as I understand it with or without the HUD, maybe some of my American Airlines friends can enlighten us on this ( another subject!!), but EZY will have Cat 111B capability on the 700 with effect from this winter. Don't get excited EZY, this will probably not mean we are flying 111B this winter, as we have to establish procedures, currently in hand, and get crews trained and approved. An Alaskan Airlines 900, I believe, is currently flying with the mods incorporated, but EZY's aircraft will be the first 700.
The layout will be similar to the A320 series, with 2 A/Ps only, monitored through the MMR and FMC, and incorporates a new standby instrument display, whether this is strictly required for the Cat 111B I do not know, but I believe it is part of the required package.
There has of course got to be a channel through to the rudder for rollout, but the take off minima are not reduced, at least under our current regulations, which means we may be able to land but not take off again!!!