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Old 10th January 2012 | 19:46
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9.G; “EU OPS however maintains CAT III A RVR of 200 M. Well, nobody said it's gonna be easy to persuade Europeans of a way rest of the world follows.”

This is not entirely correct. EU OPS does allow Cat3A, 50ft, 150m RVR for specific aircraft / systems certification [EU OPS-1430 table 8]. The operation is normally based on a GA below DH if the autoland system fails, but the requirements are for a highly reliable system [EU AWO 321(b)3].

Any apparent disjoint between the Australian chart minima and what is allowed by aircraft / operational approval should be governed by the chart note (1), but as no specific restrictions are provided, this can be interpreted as a generic Cat3A instruction. I do not know how the Australian authorities interpret the EU certification requirements or relate them to EU-OPS, if at all.
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