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Old 9th Oct 2010, 10:02
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Iceman 50:

My A330 / A340 flies the airbus procedure very well, but in this case the Cat D circling minimums on the Jeppessen chart of 2510'(842') and 3600m, at Islamabad, would have been replaced by the company minimums of 2656'(1000') and 4600m. The only headdown part of the procedure is the activation of the secondary which has been already loaded and checked.
That's called "1,000 and 3" in this part of the world. A ceiling is required, which the FAA normally does not require for minimums on straight-in IAPs. At a familiar airport and lacking significant precip it does work (barely). At 1,500 and 5 and no precip it works quite well...and so forth.
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