Hello again,
I think we are all getting side tracked from the issue. To answer Charlie angel's post, my question was asked on the Airbus
A320 ONLY not the A318, A319 and other Airbus series aircraft.
But the info provided by other posts was of great reference to me, so again thank you all.
Again the reason to my question is that the region I operate in, LVOPS is a common occurrence in the winter. Also we do have those medical emergencies or incase of unforeseen scenarios, such as an uncontrollable fire, where an immediate return to the field is required.
If you read my previous post, I asked Airbus technical representitives and as usual I got the standard airbus response.
"For A320 aircraft the automatic landing has been certified for weights up to the maximum landing weight.
However autoland studies and flight tests in overweight conditions have been conducted in order to make sure that there was no unexpected misbehaviour of the automatic landing system when the aircraft exceeds the certified maximum landing weight, and that an autoland in that condition was safe, although all certification criteria have not been met. Nevertheless, only average conditions have been flight tested.
Therefore, AIRBUS does not recommend to perform an autoland while in overweight."
In a nutshell, its your neck when poo hits the fan. Standard Airbus
