Purpose of PAFI - supplemental
Herewith a statement of the purpose of a PAFI from the daysof CAAFU.
Post Accident
A flight inspection having top priority carried out on an ILS which was used, or might have been used by an aircraft involved in an accident and which might have contributed to the accident. The post Accident flight inspection is to be completed as soon as possible after the accident and should normally be completed within 12 hours of the accident.
That is my baseline. It appears to have been diluted.
Is it significant that a PAFI still takes precedence overflight by Heads of State? That would seem to endorse the urgency element.
To Angel Orange. With the greatest respect, how was that CAT lll requirement achieved previously? What was the 748 capability, both in developing the system at the BLEU and in performance testing under CAAFU?
I also note the need for the aircraft to respond accurately enough. Why should it need to respond here especially when it is not needed to respond elsewhere?