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Old 9th May 2010 | 13:11
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Strange how we need double dual or triplex autopilots to do CAT IIIB automatic landings, with the equipment cross monitoring one other. Yet some think that a single human needs no cross monitoring.
Not strange at all. We are asking the automatics to gently "collide" with the ultimate obstacle (the runway) when the runway cannot be seen, something we do not expect a pilot to be able to do when hand-flying the aircraft.
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