SVQ Auto Lands by F/Os
Folks,
I can make no comment regarding the Munich incident, except that, possibly there by the grace of God go us all?
My former company, as a matter of `Standard Operating Procedure`, certainly on the 75 anyway, had the F/O allways as the handling Pilot during an Auto Land. At decision height the Captain would take over for the landing, unless a go around was performed & this was still handled by the F/O. This procedure worked very well indeed & it had the added advantage of keeping the F/O fully in the loop during LVP approaches. I used to quite enjoy doing the handling on an LVP & the 75 did well every time. I can't fully see why this system is not used by a number of other large carriers, unless the F/O might be low on experience & hours.
I still use SQ as my International Airline of choice, my only slight bitch is that, with the Munich tech stop now, the SVQ - MAN flight is that much longer in time & starting from AKL, it makes for a very long day.
Regards.