In the US we don't do it that way. We have been doing just fine doing what we have been doing for over 40 years. Cat 3 approaches are almost never done but we can always hand fly a cat 1 approach. The only cat 3 approaches I have done are in the sim. Cat 1 approaches are not very difficult if you have any piloting abilities so why worry about if it is an auto approach or hand flown? Just land the fricken airplane. What is happening is what is expected of a professional pilot?
Last edited by p51guy; 12th Nov 2010 at 01:12.