to autoland or not to autoland
I spent fifteen years flying the 737 and fkr 70/100
The rules for each aircraft are set by the operating authority and the airline
Some aircraft are cleared by the manufactuer for approaches which the operator, airline, does not wish to train for and so those approaches are not allowed
In general the 737 may be allowed, when operated by a uk airline, to manual land in Cat 1 conditions 550mtrs 200ft and must autoland, cat 1 or 2 below this. Manual landing off cat 2 approaches are not allowed
In all cases operating cat 2 or 3 the aircraft must be serviceable for that procedure the airfield must also be certified and serviceable and the crew must be op to date with training
BA suffered a nasty autoland event, they talked a captain into making an auto approach at Heathrow when the fo was out of training. The result was unfortunate and the captain finished up in front of a court. He later killed himself
The fokker 70/100 may autoland off cat 2 or 3 approaches