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Old 15th Jun 2011, 18:22
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Microburst2002
 
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How is it possible that we must carry out a number of autolands every six months (in actual CAT II, III or for practice only) to stay current in LVO and we don't have to carry out a number of raw data ILS to minima "to stay current in flying"?

Is it more difficult to autoland than to land?

If the answer is yes, then it should not be a problem (even from the point of view of liability) to hand fly an approach.

If the answer is no, then hand flying should be practiced in the same way as autolands in order to make sure that flight crews remain competent at hand flying an approach to minima.
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